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The Taiwanese manufacturer’s factory near Chennai, which drew flak earlier for poor living conditions, has raised eyebrows again for its discriminatory hiring practices.
Workers at Foxconn’s assembly plant in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur have alleged that the company systematically withholds jobs from married women, according to a report by news agency Reuters. Foxconn is a major manufacturer of Apple devices in India.
The investigative report said that the company “systematically excluded” married women from getting jobs at the plant as it believes there are more “risk factors” associated with hiring them. This includes more familial responsibilities than unmarried women, pregnancy, higher absenteeism and customary ornaments interfering with manufacturing equipment.
While Indian law doesn't explicitly bar companies from discriminatory hiring practices based on marital status, …
There is little incentive to manufacture in India for export apart from those provided by the government.
Thanks to millions of Indians with cheap data connections and little to do, Big Tech continues to make giant strides in the country. The narrative of an atmanirbhar Bharat in technology is now dead in the water.
Trump’s threat of a 25% tariff is unlikely to get Apple to move production to the US.
