Apple has suspended future business with its supplier, Pegatron after it was found to be using student labour outside of normal rules. Pegatron said it's taking corrective measures.
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The tech giant was accused of allowing a supplier factory in China to break labor laws. However, in a statement, Apple has denied most of the allegations, saying that it has been falsely accused.
Samsung has issued a public apology for the illnesses and deaths of employees at its computer chip and liquid crystal display plants, saying it failed to handle health risks at those facilities.
In its annual audit of working conditions among its suppliers, Apple found that the environmental and labor violations had doubled over the previous year. The company found 44 core violations in 2017.
The future of Australia's national broadband network (NBN) has been secured, with the Australian Labor Party winning the election 17 days after polls closed. Put on hold as Australia's political leaders struggled to woo independents elected...
The Liberal-National coalition party has announced its scaled-down version of the $43 billion broadband plan, NBN. The Labor run plan would enable a national fiber-optic network by 2017 that everyone could use; that is if...
One of the journalists at the center of the iPod labor defamation lawsuit has spoken of her confidence in winning the case, after Hongfujin Precision Industry slashed its compensation claim to a symbolic 1 yuan...
Not long ago in the IT sector, it seemed outsourcing jobs overseas was the logical, better and cheaper thing to do. Now, as many have said all along, they are realizing that it wasn't the...
Microsoft is outsourcing some of the work related to its next-generation operating system to India, according to a labor group. The WashTech organization said Wednesday that it obtained internal Microsoft documents showing...
Dell Computer said Thursday it will stop using a contractor that relies on prison labor to dismantle and recycle computers. Dell said it has hired two new contractors to perform the work,...
The US Department of Defense has proposed dramatic new limits on the use of foreign nationals in computer-related projects, rekindling a heated debate over the use of immigrant labor for high-tech jobs. The...