Foxconn responds to total illegal overtime accusations

In the face of the National Federation of Trade Unions Registry Secretary, legal work Minister Guo, "Foxconn long-term illegal arrangement of workers long overtime," yesterday, Foxconn said in a public statement, staff overtime and some employees of the labor death or suicide between the cause and effect of hasty difficult to convince.

Total criticism

Foxconn Illegal Overtime

A few days ago, at the press conference of the National Federation of Trade Unions, the Secretary of the secretariat of the National Federation of Trade Unions and the Minister of Legal Affairs Guo said that some enterprises such as Foxconn have been illegally arranging long-term overtime for workers, causing some workers to have various mental health problems, leading to death or suicide.

Guo was stated above in the press conference of the National Union of Trade unions to publish 10 cases of illegal and labor events in the field of labor relations in 2014. He says some companies arrange workers to work for up to more than 10 hours a day and rarely have normal rest days. Some private enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises do not implement paid leave system. Many companies can learn from Foxconn, through overtime work, companies can gain more profits, into the world's top 500. "If the illegal enterprises can not really do have the case must be checked, Fapic, wooden bucket short plate effect will certainly appear." Guo stressed.

Foxconn responds

No causal relationship between overtime and suicide

In response to the public criticism of the overall head of the company, Foxconn responded yesterday, although Foxconn acknowledged that it did exist, but expressed more scepticism about Guo's claims.

Foxconn says all manufacturing companies are struggling with how to deal with their employees ' overtime. On the one hand, employees want to be able to maximize their income through overtime, on the other hand, enterprises to ensure that employees overtime in line with the provisions of national laws and regulations, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of employees. Foxconn says it has been implementing strict systems control policies for overtime. First of all, continuously improve the basic salary and overtime subsidy standards; second, strict implementation of the "six Hugh One" (that is, every six days a day off) policy, to give employees adequate rest time, and constantly committed to upgrading the level of industrial automation, and strive to keep employees away from heavy, dull repetitive work.

For long-term overtime, as mentioned in the Guo statement, some workers have a variety of mental health problems leading to death or suicide, Foxconn is not admit, in response to the "many experts and scholars and the Ministry of National Social Affairs, the National Labor union and other leaders at all levels have been to Foxconn survey, understand the situation, and to help solve the problem." But it would be hasty and difficult to persuade Mr Guo to throw such a causal link from any future of Foxconn's Park. ”

"We also ask Mr. Guo to" go to the grassroots level "at the same time, to understand the voice of enterprises and employees, to monitor the deficiencies of enterprises, and not to ignore the growth and progress of enterprises. At the end of the statement, Foxconn said.

>> background

Foxconn has jumped from 14 a year

In 2010, Foxconn had 14 employees who fell, some of them rescued but some lost their lives. Although the global sensation of "14-hop" has allowed Foxconn to strengthen its monitoring and management of employee suicide, in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, in different factories such as Fuji Kangkun, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing and Zhengzhou, there have been incidents of employee suicides, Suicide is a way to both jump and cut wrist.