Neowin News Feed for: Labor

Apple suspends business with Pegatron over labour issues

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:34:01 +0000

Apple has suspended future business with its supplier, Pegatron after it was found to be using student labour outside of normal rules. Pegatron said it's taking corrective measures. Read more...

Apple denies "most of the allegations" that it violated labor laws in the making of iPhone 11

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:44:01 +0000

The tech giant was accused of allowing a supplier factory in China to break labor laws. However, in a statement, Apple has denied most of the allegations, saying that it has been falsely accused. Read more...

Samsung apologizes for employees' illnesses likely caused due to poor work conditions

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:22:05 +0000

Samsung has issued a public apology for the illnesses and deaths of employees at its computer chip and liquid crystal display plants, saying it failed to handle health risks at those facilities. Read more...

Increase in suppliers lead to more labor violations for Apple

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:46:01 +0000

In its annual audit of working conditions among its suppliers, Apple found that the environmental and labor violations had doubled over the previous year. The company found 44 core violations in 2017. Read more...

Australia's NBN secured as Labor wins election

Brenton Currie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:11:27 +0000

The future of Australia's national broadband network (NBN) has been secured, with the Australian Labor Party winning the election 17 days after polls closed. Put on hold as Australia's political leaders struggled to woo independents elected... Read more...

Coalition announces its broadband plan for Australia

Curtis Green — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:38:21 +0000

The Liberal-National coalition party has announced its scaled-down version of the $43 billion broadband plan, NBN. The Labor run plan would enable a national fiber-optic network by 2017 that everyone could use; that is if... Read more...

Reporter in iPod Labor Dustup Confident of Victory

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:13:45 +0000

One of the journalists at the center of the iPod labor defamation lawsuit has spoken of her confidence in winning the case, after Hongfujin Precision Industry slashed its compensation claim to a symbolic 1 yuan... Read more...

IT Brings Labor Back Home; Scraps Offshoring

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:22:00 +0000

Not long ago in the IT sector, it seemed outsourcing jobs overseas was the logical, better and cheaper thing to do. Now, as many have said all along, they are realizing that it wasn't the... Read more...

Labor group: Microsoft offshoring work on Longhorn

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 04:37:04 +0000

Microsoft is outsourcing some of the work related to its next-generation operating system to India, according to a labor group. The WashTech organization said Wednesday that it obtained internal Microsoft documents showing... Read more...

Dell drops prison labor

Sat, 05 Jul 2003 21:07:53 +0000

Dell Computer said Thursday it will stop using a contractor that relies on prison labor to dismantle and recycle computers. Dell said it has hired two new contractors to perform the work,... Read more...

Defense may limit foreign IT labor

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 02:35:17 +0000

The US Department of Defense has proposed dramatic new limits on the use of foreign nationals in computer-related projects, rekindling a heated debate over the use of immigrant labor for high-tech jobs. The... Read more...