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National Human Rights Commission office at Faridkot House in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan The NHRC on July 1 said it has issued notices to the Union Labour Ministry and the Tamil Nadu government over reports that a major manufacturer of electronic devices has allegedly “systematically excluded” married women from jobs at…
Two unidentified women wearing backpacks stand outside a security office at the main entrance to Foxconn’s factory in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, where workers assemble iPhones for Apple, January 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has informed the government that 25% of its new hires are married women and its safety protocol,…
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The two women standing near the entrance to the iPhone factory in Tamil nadu were upset. Sisters, Parvathi and Janaki had come to the plant, run by major Apple supplier Foxconn, for interviews in March 2023 after seeing job ads on WhatsApp. But they had been turned away at the main gate by a security…
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