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China plants working for Microsoft break labour law
b>GUANGZHOU/b>: Two factories that make Microsoft Corp products in southern China violated overtime regulations and failed to properly register the use of workers aged 16 to 18, a monitoring group said.
Robots lift China’s factories to new heights
The giant orange robotic arms at the Great Wall Motors factory might be the perfect answer to China's fast-rising labour costs.
Analysis: The end of Indian IT staffing as we know it
India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders.
Samsung halts business with supplier in China on child labour concern
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it halted business with a supplier in China over suspected use of child workers, the first time it has taken such a step, after criticism that its monitoring of labour practices at suppliers was inadequate.
Samsung Electronics China supplier to resume business after child labour allegations
A Chinese subsidiary of Shinyang Engineering Co Ltd will resume supplying parts to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday, a Shinyang official said, less than a month after business ties were suspended over child labour allegations.
Samsung Electronics to pass fewer orders to China supplier in child labour response
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will do 30% less business with a parts supplier after uncovering employment of child workers at the China-based firm, marking the IT giant's strongest objection to the illegal practice to date.
Computers reshaping global job market, for better and worse: paper
Automation and increasingly sophisticated computers have boosted demand for both highly educated and low-skilled workers around the globe, while eroding demand for middle-skilled jobs, according to research to be presented to global central bankers.
China supplier of Samsung, Lenovo denies using child workers
A China-based supplier for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Lenovo Group Ltd said on Thursday it had never hired child labourers, denying allegations by a US-based activist group.
High demand for robots in China but too many robot makers
China wants domestic companies to buy more locally made robots to lift productivity, but industry insiders have warned its policies are over-stimulating the market and that robot manufacturers were "coming up like mushrooms."
Robots could restore "Made in Germany" label to Adidas shoes
German cobbler Adi Dassler revolutionised running when he started hammering spikes into track shoes almost a century ago. Today most of the 258 million pairs of shoes produced each year by his firm Adidas are made in low-cost Asia.
