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Labor/Employment

Apr. 28, 2012

When foreign suppliers violate labor laws, who pays?

Corporations with global supply chains often do business with companies that are potentially violating labor laws. By Anne Richardson of Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP

By Anne Richardson

The recent discussion about abuses of workers at China's Foxconn, some of which have allegedly caused workers to kill themselves, has prodded an important question: How can an American company like Apple avoid liability for injuries and labor law violations that it knows, or should know, are occurring at its suppliers' factories? If workers were jumping out of windows in the U.S. because of overwork, there would be government investigations coupled w...

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