Foxconn and China's Labor Law

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(1) Loretta Chao, James T Areddy and Aries Poon, Apple Pact to Ripple Across China; Manufacturers face pressure to cut workers' hours, raise pay; New generation has lifestyle goals. Wall Street Journal, Mar 31, 2012.

My comment: There is no need to read the text.

(2) Keith Bradsher, Two Sides to Labor in China; At least some workers at Foxconn say they want want to work long houors. New York Times, Mar 31, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/3 ... inas-factories.html

Quote:

"The shorter workweeks and higher pay that Apple’s biggest contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has promised would mean fundamental changes to factory work in China — assuming enough workers can be found in the first place." paragraph 1

PRC law "requir[es] that workers be paid double time for overtime and triple wages for each hour worked on holidays.

"When China imposed its current laws limiting overtime four years ago, the regulations set off considerable complaints from workers and companies alike. * * * 'The law is very restrictive about what it allows,' a foreign businessman in southeastern China said Friday. He insisted on anonymity lest his comments be construed as criticism of the government or of labor advocates.

"Labor laws in the United States are actually less restrictive, in some ways, in allowing workers to put in even longer hours than in China. Generally speaking, as long as American workers receive time and a half pay for anything over 40 hours a week, there are no limits on total hours. China officially bans workers and factories from arranging longer hours even by mutual consent, for fear that employers will put inappropriate pressure on workers to put in extremely long hours.