They also didn't specify whether any of the lapses in 2022 related to the hiring of married women. Apple told Reuters it upholds the "highest supply chain standards in the industry," and noted that Foxconn employs some married women in India. "All of our suppliers in India hire married women, including Foxconn." Reuters could not establish when the practice of not hiring married women for assembly line work began. The company, Messrs International Franchises, had argued that it required consistent attendance that "cannot be expected from married women," and that there was "greater absenteeism among married women."
