26-02-2010 PC Pro: Apple finds child labour in supply chain

Excerpt from the PC Pro article;

Apple has found cases of suppliers using child labour and forging audits, the company has admitted.

In its 2010 Supplier Responsibility report, the Mac maker looked into the practices of manufacturers and suppliers that work with and for Apple.

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In three cases Apple discovered that 15-year-old workers had been hired and that records existed of 11 other workers who had been hired before reaching legal working ages, although they were all now adults.

The iPod-manufacturer also found three “core violations” where facilities had “deliberately provided falsified records during our audit”.

“One facility attempted to conceal evidence of historical cases of underage labour. Two other facilities presented falsified records that concealed evidence of violations of Apple’s Code regarding working hours and days of rest. In all three cases, Apple auditors uncovered the falsified records by cross-referencing audit data,” the report said.