The company that manufactures Apple's iPhone says it has found underage
interns as young as 14 working at one of its factories in China.
Foxconn
Technology Group said Tuesday the interns were found by a company
investigation at its factory in the eastern city of Yantai and were sent
back to their schools. China's minimum legal working age is 16.
Foxconn,
owned by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said it was
investigating with schools how the interns were sent to its factory.
The
company faced a complaint in August that vocational students were
compelled by their schools to work in its factories in China. Foxconn
said the students were free to leave at any time.