Foxconn has removed marriage and gender criteria in the recruitment of workers in India
According to Reuters, Foxconn – Apple’s top supplier – removed the criteria for age, gender, marriage and even the name of this Taiwanese corporation from its job posting for iPhone assemblers in India.
The above move took place after an investigation byReutersannounced on June 25.
The iPhone assembly factory in Sriperumbudur town employs thousands of female workers.
Reutersnoted in a series of job postings from January 2023 to May 2024, clearly stating the criteria that only unmarried women of a certain age are eligible to work at the iPhone assembly factory.
The source said a few days laterReutersAnnouncing the results of the investigation, Foxconn’s human resources recruitment team brought foreign companies to standardize job postings according to the form provided by the corporation, and not to contact the media.
According to an anonymous recruitment company: “They have advised not to mention Foxconn’s name in any upcoming job postings, otherwise their cooperation contract will be terminated.
Previously, both units confirmed that Foxconn recruited married Indian women.ReutersIt is impossible to verify whether this Taiwanese corporation has changed its policy or not, but the news agency noted that recent job postings no longer have age, gender or marriage criteria.
In October,ReutersHead to Sriperumbudur and check out nine job ads (some in Tamil) posted on the street or posted on WhatsApp.
Apple is eyeing India as a production hub to replace China amid long-standing tensions between the US and China.
AlreadyReutersannounced the results of the investigation, the government ordered verification.
While visiting India in August, Foxconn chairman Young Liu stated that married women make a “huge contribution” to the group’s operations here.
