Foxconn, a main supplier for Apple's iPhone, says it has blocked interns from working illegal overtime at its factory in China. It comes after a Financial Times report found at least six students worked 11-hour days at its iPhone X plant in Henan province. The method breached Chinese laws preventing children from working more than 40 hours per week. About 3,000 students were reportedly hired to work at the Zhengzhou plant.
The iPhone is analytical to Apple's product line and makes up more than half of its revenue, with more than 46.6 million phones sold between July and September this year. Its latest model, the iPhone X, was launched on the 10 year anniversary of the iconic smartphone and is Apple's most expensive handset yet, retailing for £999.
Apple and its suppliers have come under fire several times in recent years amid denunciation that they have failed to protect workers at Chinese manufacturing facilities, where some allegedly lived in overcrowded factory dorms and worked excessive hours.
