Foxconn chief defends hiring process after report of married women rejected

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu on Saturday asserted that the company hires employees regardless of gender but in India women, specially married women, have contributed greatly to its efforts.

The chairman of the Taiwan-based iPhone contract manufacturer was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of its women-only residential complex here.

The Foxconn chairman said there is an upward trend in all types of hiring by the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing major in India.