Consumer electronics giant Foxconn has confessed to employing children under the age of 16 years old in one of its Chinese factories, according to reports from Reuters.
Allegations against Foxconn, the largest contract-based electronics manufacturer in the world, were first raised by labor rights advocates. After an internal investigation, the company announced it found violations in its Yantai plant, where 'interns' as young as 14 years old had been hired. Chinese law states no workers under the age of 16 may be hired. Xinhua, the official news agency of China, claims Foxconn resorted to these tactics to make up for a 19,000 employee shortage.
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