by Don Reisinger
March 25, 2012
Company says number of employees in supplier factories who work "excessive" hours is dropping.
Apple says it's making progress on working conditions in supplier facilities. The company recently issued its monthly report on "excessive work hours" in supplier factories around the world, saying that 89 percent of workers were in compliance with a 60-hour work week. In January, 84 percent of the employed workers were found to be in compliance. According to Apple, the typical factory worker was on the job for 48 hours each week in February. "That's a substantial improvement over previous results, but we can do better," the company wrote on its Supplier Responsibility page. "We will continue to share our progress by reporting this data on a monthly basis."
