三星电子:未发现代工厂海格国利雇佣童工

Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it found some problems with working conditions at the plant of one of its suppliers in China but no evidence of the use of staff under the legal working age of 16.

三星电子(Samsung Electronics Co.)周一说，发现该公司一家中国供应商的工厂在工作条件方面存在若干问题，但没有证据表明该工厂非法雇佣16岁以下童工。

Samsung said it is conducting checks to ensure all its facilities in China comply with the company's labor policies, including on underage labor, and added it will terminate its contract with any of its Chinese suppliers if they fail to meet the company's guidelines.

三星电子说，公司正在进行调查，以确保所有中国工厂遵守该公司的劳动政策，其中包括不得使用未成年劳工。三星电子还说，如有任何一家中国供应商不遵守公司的规章制度，将与之解除合同。

Audits conducted in August at the manufacturing facility of subcontractor HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co. found 'several instances of inadequate management and potentially unsafe practices,' Samsung said in a statement. It cited excessive overtime and inadequate health and safety measures.

三星电子在一份声明中说，今年8月对其代工厂海格国利电子(惠州)有限公司(HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co.，简称：海格国利)的调查发现，该工厂存在管理不善和潜在不安全操作等若干问题。此外，三星电子还提到了过度加班以及不健全的健康和安全措施等。

'Samsung has demanded that HEG immediately improve its working conditions,' it said.

三星电子说：我们已要求海格国利立即改善工作条件。

HEG Electronics had no immediate comment.

海格国利没有立即置评。

'Samsung investigators did not identify any underage workers during the site audit at HEG Electronics in Huizhou, but we identified workers under the age of 18 on site. These workers are over the age of 16 and are student workers or interns, and their presence is legal.'

三星电子的声明说，三星调查人员在惠州海格国利现场调查期间没有发现童工，但我们在现场看到有未满18周岁的工人，这些工人已年满16周岁，属打工学生或实习生，雇佣他们是合法的。

HEG Electronics assembles mobile phones for Samsung.

海格国利为三星电子组装手机。

The latest audits were conducted last month in response to a report by a non-governmental organization Child Labor Watch that three investigations it conducted during June and July found child labor in use at the factory in southern China. Its first investigation found seven children under the age of 16 working at the plant, it then said.

三星电子上月展开的最新调查是对非政府组织Child Labor Watch一份报告的回应。报告称，该组织在6月和7月共对海格国利进行了三次调查，结果发现该工厂存在雇佣童工现象。报告说，第一次调查发现，海格国利有七名16岁以下的童工。

Samsung said it will dispatch a team consisting of 100 Samsung employees at its headquarters to China to complete on-site inspections of all 105 supplier companies there by the end of the month.

三星电子说，将派遣一支由100名总部员工组成的队伍前往中国，计划在9月底之前完成对中国所有105家供应商的现场检查。