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Remove Marital Status In iPhone Job Ads, Foxconn Tells Indian Recruiters: Report

November 18, 2024 admin

Apple has been positioning India as an alternative manufacturing base to China. Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender, and marital criteria as well as the manufacturer’s name in job advertisements, according to three people familiar with the matter and almost a…

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What iPhone Maker Foxconn Boss Young Liu Said On Row Over Hiring “Discrimination” In India

August 18, 2024 admin

File photo SRIPERUMBUDUR: Foxconn’s chairman on Saturday defended its hiring practices after New Delhi ordered investigations following a Reuters report that the Apple supplier rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs. “Foxconn hires regardless of gender, but women make up a big part of our workforce here,” Young Liu said during the opening ceremony for…

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Foxconn’s Tamil Nadu Housing Unit

August 17, 2024 admin

The mega housing has 13 blocks with 10 floors each and can accommodate 18,720 workers. New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will today inaugurate a mega industrial project, worth Rs 700 crore, exclusively for more than 18,000 female workers of the iPhone manufacturer, Foxconn. The chief minister would inaugurate the first-of-its-kind-in-India industrial housing…

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25% Of iPhone Maker Foxconn’s New Hires In India Are Married Women: Report

June 27, 2024 admin

The Foxconn factory currently has about 70 per cent women: Report (Representational) New Delhi: Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has informed the government that 25 percent of its new hires are married women and its safety protocol, which requires all employees to avoid wearing metal irrespective of gender or religion, is not discriminatory, sources said. In…

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Foxconn Doesn’t Hire Married Women At Chennai Plant? Centre Seeks Report

June 26, 2024 admin

The ministry said it has requested a detailed report from Tamil Nadu Labour Department. (File) Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit a “detailed report” after a Reuters story revealed that Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country….

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Taiwan presidential frontrunner slams China over Foxconn probe

October 24, 2023 admin

Representational image of Foxconn logo seen atop the company’s headquarters in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday hit out at China over its probe of major Apple supplier Foxconn, saying Beijing should “cherish” Taiwanese companies and not put pressure on them during an election. Foxconn is…

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Foxconn under tax and land use investigations in China

October 22, 2023 admin

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn is under tax and land use investigations at several of its sites in China, state media reported on October 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn is under tax and land use investigations at several of its sites in China, state media reported on October 22. Chinese authorities…

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Foxconn Aims To Double Jobs, Investment In India Over Next 12 Months

September 17, 2023 admin

Foxconn’s Chairman said last month that he sees a lot of potential in India. (Representational) Apple supplier Foxconn aims to double its workforce and investment in India by next year, a company executive said on Sunday. Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has rapidly expanded its presence in India by investing in…

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“India Will Be Very Important For Manufacturing In Future”: Foxconn Chief

September 7, 2023 admin

Young Liu said Foxconn operates about nine campuses in India. (File) New Delhi: India will be an important country in terms of manufacturing in future, Young Liu, Chairman and CEO of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has said, his latest comment adding to a growing chorus of global voices acknowledging the country’s bold moves to…

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Foxconn gets board nod for $400 million investment in Telangana

August 12, 2023 admin

Foxconn logo is seen in this illustration. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Leading contract manufacturer of electronics globally Foxconn, which operates through multiple entities, has announced board approval for a $400 million investment in Telangana, the southern State where in May it broke ground for a $500 million manufacturing facility. Telangana IT and Industries Minister…

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