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| How does Foxconn protect Chinese workers? |
With the low incidence of Coronavirus (COVID-19), China has begun to increase its closing rate with caution, reopening factories, and allowing people to return to work. However, the danger did not end because people are still waiting for a second pandemic.
To avoid a new pandemic, the Chinese State Council recommended factory officials wear worker masks and promised them to measure daily temperatures, but companies such as Apple's main industrial partner, Foxconn, have taken other, tougher measures to protect workers. .
Below you will learn how Foxconn guarantees the safety of its employees in China.
The Washington Post report shows that Foxconn employees at Zhengzhou factory measure their body temperature every morning and ensure that they wear masks permanently, as required by the Chinese State Council. Every day the health of these workers is reported.
Foxconn not only checks the temperature every day, but also uses an infrared camera to monitor factor temperature to determine if there is an early situation.
Dining tables are also separated by long opaque partitions, making them small dining rooms. Cafeteria benches also contain QR codes that employees can scan to track their location and divide workers into 20 people, each eating and working. With life focused on keeping their coats on, their belongings become stored at the end of each working day in the specified area and there must be a customs clearance.
Foxconn said in a statement: It uses DNA tests to detect viruses and x-rays on the chest because it follows the recommendations of the local government and uses them in addition to its own activation procedures.
The company had previously reported to investors that it had suffered setbacks due to China's domestic quarantine, continued restrictions on international travel, and other problems caused by the Corona virus. However, the company believes that time is lost and can be easily restored.
Foxconn Health and Safety is one of the strictest policies in China to prevent coronavirus epidemic while ensuring worker safety as production needs are met by the next generation of iPhones and monthly reservations are kept. For the date of next September.
It is worth noting that Foxconn employs more than a million people, making it one of the largest companies employing people not only in China but all over the world. The company is also currently manufacturing special masks for Foxconn workers with the goal of producing 200 masks per day. ten thousands.