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BEIJING, China ---Difficult working conditions including punishment for minor offenses and high staff turnover in Chinese factories that feed the global electronics supply chain contribute to employee suicides, a study published on Wednesday said. The studChina tech factory conditions fuel suicides: study
BEIJING, China ---Difficult working conditions including punishment for minor offenses and high staff turnover in Chinese factories that feed the global electronics supply chain contribute to employee suicides, a study published on Wednesday said. The study by the Hong Kong-based Economic Rights Institute, which supports fair economic development, and labour rights group Electronics Watch looked at 167 cases of attempted or completed suicide as well as public displays of suicidal intent in China since at least 2010. The study found that factors contributing to such cases included supervisors ignoring employee stress, punishment for minor workplace offenses, denial of bonuses pr...Keep on reading: China tech factory conditions fuel suicides: study Read more