Fresh off a billion-dollar loss in a patent fight with rival smartphone maker Apple, Samsung Electronics now finds itself accused by a labour rights group of mistreating workers in China and illegally using child labour.

Electronics giant Samsung has been accused of illegally using child labour and mistreating workers in China.

The pledge by Foxconn to raise the pay of its Chinese workers will not see the prices of gadgets soar, as parts and not assembly are the worry for firms, write Joe McDonald and Michael Liedtke

Apple chief executive Tim Cook is in an enviable position — market-leading products, a $98bn (€74bn) warchest and a stock price that seems gravity-defying.

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labour practices, has raised the wages of its Chinese workers by 16%-25%, the third pay rise since 2010.

Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group has raised wages by up to 25% for its Chinese workers who assemble electronic gadgets for Apple and other global brands.

Apple has defended its ethical standards after disturbing reports emerged about work conditions of the factories in which its products are made.

DOZENS of Chinese workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed onto a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a row over jobs.

Dozens of Chinese workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed onto a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a row over jobs.

A CHINESE employee of the world’s largest electronics company died yesterday after falling from a building.

An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing.