When the Observer challenged Woo over the NGOs' findings, he said the workers' criticisms were unduly harsh.
The Bush administration said today that it would scrap -- for now -- a proposed rule meant to ensure that highly paid workers are not unduly favored when companies switch to a new type of retirement plan.
This week the Fair Labour Association, a non-profit group that audits workplaces, said progress had been made, but more still needed to be done to cut overtime hours without unduly harming workers' incomes.Veteran Apple-watchers say this and other episodes are a sign that Mr Cook is more likely to pay attention to opinions outside Apple than his predecessor.
They allege Walmart is trying to get around the law by using company money to "unduly" encourage workers to donate to its PAC.
For markets to work properly, inefficient firms must be allowed to fail, but their workers don't have to suffer unduly.
Therefore, the feasibility of the intervention has been enhanced, as it appeals to construction workers and managers and will not unduly interfere with the ongoing construction work.
Foxconn, part of Taiwan's Hon Hai group, has also been sharply criticized because of suspicions about unduly harsh treatment of the worker.
When production jobs moved en masse to China and other cheap labour destinations, rich-world governments did not worry unduly because they thought that their workers could glide painlessly from manufacturing jobs to service jobs.
"If we have promised more than our economy has the ability to deliver to retirees without unduly diminishing real income gains of workers, as I fear we may have, we must recalibrate our programs," he said.
Representative Bobby Schilling, Republican of Illinois, is resisting intense pressure to support a House bill that would require employers to verify the legal status of their workers because he is concerned that businesses would be unduly burdened.
