Foxconn CEO refutes claims that hiring practices in India are discriminatory.

Foxconn has several manufacturing facilities in India.
Foxconn’s chairman, Young Liu, has confirmed that married women are employed at the company’s India iPhone factories. However he did not dispute the accusations made about the company’s hiring practices. Young Liu, Foxconn’s chair, said that the company hires women regardless of their gender. The comment did not specifically address the alleged gender discrimination against married woman. The accusations came after a Reuters report on the makeup of workers at the Chennai plant accused Foxconn discrimination. Reuters reported that married women are systematically excluded from employment due to family responsibilities. The Chennai plant employs 41,281 people, 33,360 of whom are women. The number of married women employed there was only 2,750 or 8.2 per cent. Liu addressed the charge when he appeared at the facility for the opening of the hostel complex. The hostel is only for female employees at the plant. Liu, in a rebuttal to the Reuters investigation, said: “I emphasize married women greatly contributed to what we’re trying to do here.” Modi’s government in India ordered labor officials to investigate the allegations made in the Reuters report. Foxconn acknowledged discrimination in its hiring practices in 2022 but has since worked to correct the issue. In response to the current allegations the company says that it “vigorously rejects” the new report. Apple has not yet commented on the matter. India is a major supplier of iPhones and other Apple devices.