Foxconn Says Underage Interns Worked at Yantai in China
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Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics, said it found interns as young as 14 had worked at a facility in Yantai in northeastern China, confirming a report by an advocacy group.
A company investigation found the interns, who ranged in age from 14 to 16, worked at the campus for about three weeks, Foxconn said in an e-mailed response to Bloomberg News yesterday. A “small number” of interns sent by schools and employed at Yantai over the summer were 14 to 16 years of age, according to a statement Oct. 15 from China Labor Watch.