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I think Apple has a reasonable approach: if a child is discovered working where they shouldn't be the supplier is required to: pay for the kid's education, cont
by m_eiman 11y ago
I think Apple has a reasonable approach: if a child is discovered working where they shouldn't be the supplier is required to: pay for the kid's education, continue paying kid's salary during education, offer a job after graduation. If they don't do this, the supplier's contract is terminated.
- danieldk 11y agoInteresting, I didn't know this! Relevant link/quote: Underage labor is never tolerated in our supply chain. If we find it, we put a stop to it. And suppliers found violating our zero tolerance policy are put on probation. Our Underage Labor Remediation Program requires that any supplier found hiring underage workers fund the worker’s safe return home. Suppliers also have to fully finance the worker’s education at a school chosen by the worker and his or her family, continue to pay the worker’s wages, and offer the worker a job when he or she reaches the legal age. Of more than 1.6 million workers covered in 633 audits in 2014, 16 cases of underage labor were discovered at six facilities — and all were successfully remediated. This means that underage labor now accounts for 0.001 percent of the total work population audited in our supply chain. Although this number is low, even one case of underage labor is unacceptable. So we won’t stop until it’s eliminated from our supply chain entirely. https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/labor-and-human-rights/ https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/labor-and-huma...
- vmateixeira 11y agoCan you provide some evidence of sanctions already applied, please?
- joosters 11y agoWhy are you asking some random people on an internet forum? Why not phone up Apple and ask the source?
- vmateixeira 11y agoIt was just out of curiosity really and because these random people are defending Apple. I don't recall buying anything from Apple so far... So why would I contact them in first place regarding their manufacturing process? Perhaps you can help me with that.
- vmateixeira 11y agoAnd having sanctions in place doesn't mean they get to be applied. Like I read before, they may just exist in order to make people more comfortable with their goods. I would really like to see an example.
- kiiski 11y agoYou could just read the case study right under that quote on the linked page (the one titled "Case Study Impact in action: Ran’s story").
- arethuza 11y agoThere are case studies on that page.
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- vbezhenar 11y agoDoes it work only for their direct partners or "transitively"?I don't believe that Apple can monitor every company involved.