Following reports of married women being specifically excluded from jobs at Foxconn’s India iPhone facilities, the company’s chairman has said that the company does have married women as employees — but didn’t specifically dispute accusations over its hiring practices.
One of several Foxconn manufacturing facilities in India.
One of several Foxconn manufacturing facilities in India.
Foxconn chair Young Liu, visiting a Foxconn factory in Chennai, emphasized that “Foxconn hires regardless of gender, but women make up a big part of our workforce here.” The remark did not specifically address the alleged discrimination against married women.
The accusation came after a report from Reuters on the makeup of the worker population at the Chennai plant accused Foxconn of discrimination. Reuters said that it found that married women were systematically excluded from jobs due to having family responsibilities.