Early findings of an Apple audit in the wake of violence at the Wistron plant in India's Karnataka state showed violations of its 'Supplier Code of Conduct', the Cupertino, California-based tech giant said in a statement. Apple said Wistron had failed to implement proper working hour management processes, which "led to payment delays for some workers in October and November". "This is a new facility and we recognise that we made mistakes as we expanded," Wistron said in a statement. Apple began the assembly of its first iPhone model in India via Wistron in 2017. It has now ramped up assembly operations, with Foxconn in southern India and another top supplier Pegatron is set to begin local operations.

Source: bd News24 December 19, 2020 14:26 UTC