India is probing possible hiring bias at Foxconn India plant after an investigative report on the Apple supplier's hiring practices.
Chairman of Foxconn Technology Group Young Liu (centre) has refuted reports that his company discriminates against married women while hiring. Credit: X/Foxconn
The head of a company that supplies products for Apple has denied reports it was rejecting married women from iPhone assembly jobs in India.
The Indian government has ordered investigations into allegations that Apple supplier Foxconn systematically excluded married women from jobs at its main India iPhone assembly plant on the grounds they have more family responsibilities than their unmarried counterparts.
"Foxconn hires regardless of gender, but women make up a big part of our workforce here," Foxconn chair Young Liu said during the opening ceremony for a hostel complex for its workers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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