South Korean electronics giant Samsung has defended its working practices after a lawsuit was filed in France against the firm over conditions at its supplier plants in China.
Based on a September report by China Labor Watch that said employees at Samsung supplier plants in China worked up to five times the legal overtime limit and were denied basic labour rights, a trio of French rights and consumer protection groups accused Samsung of deceiving consumers by violating its own vows on ethical working conditions and using child labour.
In a statement, Samsung said it maintained a “zero tolerance” policy on child labour and had audited all its supplier sites in China following the China Labor Watch report.
“We are implementing new hiring policies to strengthen identity verification measures, despite no instance of child labour being identified in the audits,” the statement said.
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