Korean electronics giant Samsung has temporarily severed ties with a Chinese supplier after it found evidence of child labour at the supplier's facilities. The company said it conducted an investigation into its supplier, Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co Ltd, immediately after US activist group China Labor Watch accused the China-based firm of hiring children. The group's report alleged that several of the seasonal workers in the Dongguan plant were minors, and they work 11 hours a day, without weekly leave and overtime pay. "Following the investigation, Samsung decided to temporarily suspend business with the factory in question as it found evidences of suspected child labour at the worksite. Read More http://ift.tt/1zAETGf
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