Compaq

Date	Company	Accusation	City / Area / Country	Source	Tags	Media
30/04/2012 - 01/01/2012	Catcher Technology (Supplier Of Compaq)	Labor concerns at factory (~14,000 workers) manufacturing components for laptops, digital cameras, and mobile devices: age discrimination upon hiring (16 - 30 years old); use of student labor (as low as 16); 12 hour daily shifts; during peak season (April to December), workers get at most two days a month and may not have a single day off for an entire month; verbally abusive management; the simple face masks that the factory provides do not effectively prevent workers from inhaling metal dust; a thick layer of metal particles was evident under workers’ nostrils; safety training to new workers nor do they inform workers of the inherent risks of their occupations; workers need to work overtime to make ends meet; average monthly salary  is approximately 2,900 RMB (≈$460).	Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, China	China Labor Watch	Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011	Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Compaq)	Workload of 10 hours/day and six days/week for workers in electronics factory.	Kunshan, Jiangsu, China	China Labor Watch	Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours
30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006	(Suppliers Of Compaq)	An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses.	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China	Business & Human Rights Resource Center	Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime