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One Hong Kong-based non-governmental organization says it looks like FoxCon is pulling the

wool over the Fair Labor Association's eyes.

Apple Incider has Debbie Say Wan Chan, project officer at students and scholars against corporate misbehavior, or saycom,

saying she's heard from FoxCon employees that the company is hiding

underage workers from inspectors when inspectors come around.

Chan says to Fox Con workers in Jiang Jiu last week told her that Fox Con was prepared for the

FLA's recent inspection and that all underage workers between 16 and 17 years

old were not assigned any overtime work and some of them were even sent to other departments.

Workers as young as 16 are allowed by Apple's Code of Conduct, depending of course on local laws,

though Apple does require special protections for those workers that limit how much and what kinds of work they are allowed to perform, according to the peace.

Another FoxCon employee in Chengdu says she was allowed three breaks a day recently because of the inspections when she normally gets one break per shift.

While Apple CEO Tim Cook has said publicly that Apple cares about every employee in the supply chain.

Chan says the workers say they see no evidence of that.

Most of the time the workers are aware of the presence of Apple's representatives inside the factories, says Chan, who adds,

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