This leads to enforced overtime, and may encourage Foxconn's use of "interns": young vocational students who are supposedly doing work placements but are reportedly "de facto workers on the production line" (PDF).
The head of Japan's biggest advertising agency is to resign, as prosecutors launch an investigation into his firm for enforcing excessive overtime after an overworked employee took her own life.
If he becomes labor secretary, one of Puzder's top responsibilities would be enforcing the overtime standard.
The RMT begins two days of strikes on Monday, while Aslef continues to enforce an overtime ban.
Capacity limits for the renewable resources are enforced and overtime usage is determined through constraints (4).
The federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws is failing in that role, leaving millions of workers vulnerable, Congressional auditors have found.
PAGE A16 REPORT FAULTS LABOR AGENCY The Government Accountability Office found that the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, the federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws, is failing in that role, leaving millions of workers vulnerable.
Investigating wage theft complaints is one of the most basic duties of the Labor Department, which is tasked with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and child labor laws.
In 2006, Apple said that Foxconn "has enacted a policy change to enforce the weekly overtime limits set by our Code of Conduct".
If employers truly want equitable work arrangements, they should consider paying staff for the extra time they work – or, better yet, building and enforcing a culture in which overtime is an absolute last resort.
