From ComputerWorld: Workers at the Shanghai operation of Apple supplier Pegatron work more than the maximum 60 hours a week stipulated by the iPhone maker, simply because their pay scale requires them to work more to make ends meet, a labor group said in a report.
The employees work more than 10 hours a day for six days a week, and over 83% of these workers clock monthly overtime hours in excess of 80 hours, according to China Labor Watch. In October last year, the average weekly working hours of over 70% of workers was above the limit set by Apple, it added.
The workers still earn a minimum wage and depend on overtime to make ends meet, said Li Qiang, CLW’s founder and executive director, in an email Wednesday.
Pegatron Shanghai has 70,000 employees. The report is based mainly on the analysis of data from 1,261 payment stubs collected mostly for the months of September and October last year, described as the busy season for iPhone production at Pegatron. Workers at the factory are said to be paid $1.82 an hour, and the overtime pay as a percentage of workers’ gross wages is as high as 42.4%.
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