Apple AAPL.O had agreed to the probe by the independent Fair Labor Association FLA.L to stem a crescendo of criticism that its products were built on the backs of mistreated Chinese workers. It is a response to one of the largest investigations ever conducted of a U.S. Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, whose subsidiary Hon Hai Precision Industry assembles Apple devices in factories in China, will hire tens of thousands of new workers, eliminate illegal overtime, improve safety protocols and upgrade workers’ housing and other amenities. Foxconn employees eat ice creams during lunch break in front of the Foxconn recruitment center in Shenzhen, Guangdong province March 30, 2012.
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