multinational electronics company that was established in 1974. The company is an important contributor to the economy, bringing annual revenue up to $214 billion. Even more so, the multinational is ranked 20th in 2023 in the Fortune Global 500, occupying the first place as the largest contract manufacturer of electronics.
Foxconn is one of the largest iPhone producers, one of their factories even being known as the “iPhone City”. This week government officials visited the Foxconn factories in the quest to find out more about the hiring policies. After an exclusive interview for Reuters, information regarding their hiring policies surfaced, mentioning that married women are rejected by the company.
The factory is situated near Chennai, more exactly in Tamil Nadu, and was visited by federal government officials on the first of July looking for more information and discussing with Foxconn HR officials.
Those investigations come as a response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s, asking the state officials to look deeper into the matter, giving the case forward to the Regional Chief Labor Commissioner, A. Narasaiah Government officials are looking further into the manufacturing company after the exclusive interview by Reuters was published.
“We are collecting information, and have asked the company to submit documents like company policies, and recruitment policies (...) They told us they are not discriminating.” stated A. Narasaiah.
The further response offered by Narasaiah mentioned that in order to find out if those practices were really happening, they would require questioning third-party hiring agents. Allegedly married women were restricted or excluded from the company, reasoning that they had more family responsibilities. Some of those duties are pregnancy or higher absenteeism.
Foxconn stated in the past that they “vigorously refute allegations of employment discrimination based on marital status, gender, religion or any other form.”. Apple responded that they hire married women, including their supplier, Foxconn included “when concerns about hiring practices were first raised in 2022 we immediately took action and worked with our supplier to conduct monthly audits to identify issues and ensure that our high standards are upheld.”.
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