Apple supplier Foxconn has increased wages and is handing bonuses to workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China, Chinese government-backed media reported, as it works to quell employee discontent at the site over COVID curbs.
Daily wages for employees, who are part of a Foxconn unit
responsible for making electronics including smartphones at the site, have been
raised to CNY 100 between October 26 to November 11, the Henan Daily newspaper
cited an unnamed head of the firm's integrated digital product business group
unit as saying on Monday.
The company, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, is
also giving all employees at the site who have attended work as normal since
October 19 and complied with virus prevention measures a bonus of CNY 50 a day,
the person said.
Foxconn did not immediately respond to a request for comment
on the Henan Daily article. The Henan Daily is the official newspaper of the
province of Henan, of which Zhengzhou is the capital.
Foxconn is Apple's biggest iPhone maker, producing 70
percent of iPhone shipments globally. It makes most of the phones at the
Zhengzhou plant where it employs about 200,000 people, though it has other
smaller production sites in India and south China.
The Zhengzhou plant has been rocked by discontent over
stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, with several workers fleeing
the site over the weekend.
Reuters reported on Monday, citing a source, that November
production of iPhone handsets could slump by as much as 30 percent at the plant
due to the situation and that Foxconn was working to boost production at
another factory in Shenzhen city to make up for the shortfall. © Reuters