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The recent exposé of work practices at Amazon speaks to the power of capital in imposing poor working conditions, including excessive work hours, on workers.
Reductions in excessive work hours increase product quality.
In October, Apple hosted other technology companies for a private discussion on responses to excessive work hours overseas.
It found violations including discrimination against ethnic minorities and women, excessive work hours, poor living conditions, health and safety problems and pollution.
For example, in many top law firms, partners endured a high level of suffering to get to where they are today, be it excessive work hours and travel, or outrageous demands from bosses and clients.
Apple has typically included its findings on excessive work hours as part of an annual report detailing violations it discovered in the factories where its products are made, most of which are in China.
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This year, the company began weekly tracking of 110 facilities — including Foxconn — where excessive work-hour violations were commonplace.
In this study, while half the men worked longer working hours and one third excessive working hours less than half the women worked up to full time hours, 38% worked longer hours, and only 15% worked excessive hours (Table 1).
Severity of the exploitation varies; some are paid less than the work perform, some have excessive working hours, and some face physical and verbal abuse.
The death of Moritz Erhardt, a German student working for Merrill Lynch, has led to calls for an inquiry into excessive working hours in City.
"But there's also a growing problem with excessive working hours, with millions of employees under real pressure as they attempt to balance work with their everyday lives.
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