| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/06/2017 | Foxconn Technology Group | Worker interviews expose public scolding, insults and humiliation by management at factory manufacturing electronics. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Guardian | Abusive Management | |
| 28/11/2016 | (Supplier Of Foxconn Technology Group) | Investigation uncovers ties between tin mine held by United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Myanmar and supply chains for multinational companies. UWSA, blacklisted over accusations of trafficking in heroin and methamphetamine, is also responsible among other armed groups for keeping Myanmar in a state of near-perpetual civil war for decades. | Man Maw, Myanmar (Burma) | Reuters | Drug Trafficking, War Crimes | |
| 07/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group | Female worker found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn's Zaofu factory. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths | |
| 04/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group | Male worker at Foxconn factory jumped from building to his death. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 28/02/2015 - 01/02/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group | Violations encountered at factory (5.000 workers) producing phones and tablets; over 10-hour dauly shifts; illegal overtime; denial of one rest day per week; violations of ergonomic standards precarious to workers. | Manaus, Brazil | Good Electronics | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
| 14/05/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group | 30-year old male worker jumps off roof to his death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 27/03/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group | 23-year old female worker jumps off 12th floor to her death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 24/03/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group | 24-year old male worker jumps off Yukang dormitory building to his death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 10/01/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group | Workers strike at Foxconn Group’s Xin Hai Yang Precision (Jiangxi) Ltd. factory, demanding higher wages. | Jiangxi, China | China Labor Watch | Non-Living Wage | |
| 05/10/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Three to four thousand production workers strike, protesting overly strict demands on product quality without providing worker training for the corresponding skills. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Negligence | |
| 27/09/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn workers allege dehumanizing treatment, bullying, and awful management in company factories and dorms. | China | Reuters | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence | |
| 23/09/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Over 2,000 workers riot at Foxconn factory making iPhone 5's, after factory guards dragged worker into a van and began beating him. | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China | China Labor Watch | Beatings & Violence | |
| 11/09/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Worker testimony reveals persistent abuses in Foxconn factory, including child labor, abrasive management, and pressure to finish work load of what was before 11-14 hours, in 10 hours. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 31/08/2012 - 01/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | According to a private investigation and Chinese media report, Foxconn Yantai employed a small number of student interns 14 to 16 years old during the summer. | Yantai, Shandong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor | |
| 14/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Worker jumps to his death from his apartment building. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 30/04/2012 - 01/01/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Labor issues at factory (120,000 employees) manufacturing electronic products: age discrimination upon hiring (16 - 35 years old); use of student labor (as low as 16); average 9-10 hour daily shifts; work as many as 28 days/month during peak production; verbally abusive management; protective equipment not up to standards. | Guanlan, Shenzhen, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 23/02/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Major labor rights NGOs release open statement accusing a Fair Labor Association audit of Foxconn plants, which concluded that Foxconn factories were 'better than the norm,' of major flaws in their system, calling the audits a 'PR stunt.' | China | GoodElectronics | Consumer Deception, Inspection Fraud | |
| 11/01/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | Three hundred protesting staff at Foxconn factory that builds Xbox 360s threaten "mass suicide" if their demands over unpaid wages and higher pay are not met. | Wuhan, Hubei, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Wages | |
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group | Average work load consists of 10 hours/day, 6 days/week. All workers in the Apple notebook production departments are given almost no rest - 12 hours/day. | Longhua, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 24/05/2011 - 01/01/2009 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn systematically exploited young workers through internship programs offered by over 200 vocational schools since 2009, forcing them, for instance, to work 14-hour days in a standing position with low pay, according to report by Peking and Tsinghua Universities. | Southern China | Caixin | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 20/05/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group | 3 dead and 16 injured at polishing workshop from explosion of combustible dust in a duct, initial findings suggest. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | The Wall Street Journal | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/04/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group | Routine excessive overtime, public humiliations, poor health conditions and crowded dormitories revealed in 3 Foxconn plants in report by two NGOs. | Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing, China | SOMO | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group | Workload of 10 hours/day and six days/week for workers in electronics factory. | Kunshan, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 13/01/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group | Factory engineer (25 years old) jumped of building last week. Before her death an incident occurred of factory officials rebuking her, and telling her she would lose her job. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Suicides | |
| 19/11/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Employees say they protest over low pay and factory relocation plans. Management had not agreed to any demands and instead threatened to fire any striking workers | Foshan, Guangdong, China | Reuters | Abusive Management | |
| 09/10/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Research at electronics factory (~900.000 workers) suggests: "militaristic" work culture; exploitation of interns; forced overtime; 83.2 hours of average monthly overtime (twice the Chinese legal maximum); 10 hours or more daily work shifts for interns. | China | Reuters, China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/09/2010 - 01/06/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Not acceptable labor conditions at 5 Foxconn factories: 10 hour standing shifts for most workers; majority works 270 hours on a monthly basis; low wages (from $0.66/hour to $1.00/hour); productions errors are treated with castigation, verbal rebuke and physical abuse. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 04/08/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 22-year-old female worker at electronics components factory found dead after falling from a high building. | Jiangsu, China | BBC | Deaths | |
| 27/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Employee (25 years of age) attempted to kill himself by cutting his wrists, but survived after medical attention. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Times, BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 27/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Factory employee (Yan Li) 27 years old dies suddenly at his home. His family and colleagues suspect he died from exhaustion; Li worked for almost 35 hours non-stop a couple of days before. | Hongzhun, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, Global Times | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 27/05/2010 - 01/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 13 suicides from the beginning of the year have been recorded at digital products factory (~820,000 workers); 10 deaths; 3 failed attempts. Many workers suffer from excessive stress and exhaustion, caused by military-style rigor, repetitive work and long hours over the legal minimum. Worker wages (900 RMB per month) is deemed insufficient to cover basic living expenses in their home city, and thus workers have no choice but to work massive amounts of overtime. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 26/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 23-year-old factory worker dies by jumping from 7th floor dormitory balcony. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 25/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Li Hai, a young factory worker (19 years of age) found dead after jumping from dormitory building. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Telegraph | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 22/05/2010 - 01/04/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn claims at least 30 possible suicide attempts have been forestalled within two months. | China | Asia Times | Suicides | |
| 21/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Manager at Foxconn Technology Group's factory confirms that company security guards beat employees in an incident last August. | Beijing, China | China.org | Beatings & Violence | |
| 21/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 21-year-old employee at electronics manufacturer jumped from building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Financial Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 18/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | Workers cry for 12 hour exhausting shifts, 6 days/week, standing up, assembling computers at very fast pace. “We are extremely tired, with tremendous pressure” says worker discussing recent factory suicides. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours | |
| 14/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 21-year-old Foxconn employee jumps from 7th floor dormitory building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Global Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 23/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group | 19 year-old worker (Ma Xiangqian) at factory producing electronics leaped from high floor to his death. The month before his death he worked 286 hours (including 112 hours overtime, three times the legal limit), and got paid ~$1 per hour. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The New York Times | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 16/07/2009 | Foxconn Technology Group | 25-year-old male Foxconn employee commits suicide after being interrogated about missing prototype for new iPhone. Some report that, shortly before his death, he had been detained and beaten by senior official in Foxconn security department. | China | The Wall Street Journal | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Suicides | |
| 28/08/2008 | Foxconn Technology Group | Labor violations in factory manufacturing disks and electronics; low wages 750 (RMB); overtime is necessary to make ends meet; ten hours daily shifts for college interns; 11-12 hour shifts for regular workers; regular workers have one rest day every two weeks; when in need, production allows only one day off/month. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage | |
| 31/07/2007 - 01/06/2006 | (Foxconn Technology Group) | Outsourcing and labour rights violations, constant work instability, unsafe practices, exposure to toxic materials and work related illnesses, and sexual harassment revealed by yearly report on labour conditions in Mexico. | Mexico | CEREAL | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Sexual Harassment | |
| 18/06/2007 | Foxconn Technology Group | 19-year-old Foxconn employee hangs himself in company bathroom. | China | Project Gutenberg | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Foxconn Technology Group) | 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 | |
| 18/08/2006 | Foxconn Technology Group | Apple says report of labour conditions at unnamed iPod plant found workers did more than 60 hours a week a third of the time and worked more than six consecutive days 25% of the time. [Report criticised by a leading international trade union organisation for not being independently verified.] | China | BBC | Excessive Work Hours | |
| 30/06/2006 - 01/06/2006 | Foxconn Technology Group | Chinese government worked to suppress news story that exposed poor working conditions in Foxconn's iPod factory. | China | Macworld | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 26/06/2006 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn admits that their employees work about 80 extra hours each month, which is against the law in China. | China | China CSR | Excessive Work Hours | |
| 11/06/2006 | Foxconn Technology Group | Newspaper reports that workers producing iPods receive as little as £27 a month, doing 15-hour shifts. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 01/12/2005 | Foxconn Technology Group |
Low wages and long work hours in Chinese company supplying
motherboards, enclosures, coolers, etc; workers complain over not having a single day off for months; most worker wages are insufficient to cover living expenses.
| Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage |
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