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Apple has suspended working with a key strategic supplier, Pegatron, after discovering

violations of labor rules relating to a student worker program, quoting Bloomberg.

The Cupertino-California-based technology giant said it discovered several weeks ago that

the Taiwanese manufacturer misclassified student workers and allowed some to work nights and overtime in violation of

Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct. Employees then quote went to extraordinary lengths

and quote to cover up the violations. It's since placed its partner on

probation until corrective action is completed the US company said in a statement.

Pegatron is one of just a handful of partners Apple relies on globally to assemble marquee products

such as the iPhone. Like larger rival FoxCon or Han High precision industry, the Taiwanese

company is an integral part of Apple's global supply chain which has been the

target of criticism by labor activists over the years.

Quote, Pegatron's current iPhone business should not be affected.

However, it is likely that Pegatron will lose some orders for

Apple's new handsets next year to Luckshare, which is poised to become a new

iPhone assembler in 2021, G.F. Securities analyst Jeff Pooe said, end quote.

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