"Low wages, long hours persist at iPhone factory, says labor group", 22 Oct 2015

China Labor Watch made the allegations in a new report…urging Apple to raise workers' wages at a factory it investigated…The report also alleged that workers lived in cramped dorms and that the factory failed to provide adequate job safety training.

… Apple regularly audits its suppliers…On Thursday, it announced new solar-power and energy efficiency projects in China…

The factory cited in the China Labor Watch report is owned by…Pegatron and employs around 100,000 people…In September, the facility was at the start of its busiest period of the year, manufacturing Apple's latest smartphones, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus…China Labor Watch…investigator claimed…that starting in September staff worked an additional minimum of 20 hours of overtime each week…With overtime accounted for, the factory's workers earn about $753 (AU$1,045 or £490) in monthly wages. This overtime was essentially the minimum, according to the investigator…

Apple declined to comment on China Labor Watch's report. Pegatron was not available for comment...

This time around, the group said that conditions had improved in a few areas, most notably the hiring process. It said that in 2013 Pegatron was "explicitly" discriminatory against people over 35, people with dyed hair and those of Tibetan or Uyghur ethnicity, but none of that was present in 2015. There were also "partial" improvements in regard to sick leave and resignation, among other areas, according to the report.