Apple supplier Foxconn doesn’t want married women to work at its India plant: Report

The Taiwanese manufacturer’s factory near Chennai, which drew flak earlier for poor living conditions, has raised eyebrows again for its discriminatory hiring practices.

25 June, 20242 min
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