Report: Apple’s Chinese contractors cut hours as iPhone demand falls

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Chinese companies that manufacture iPhones for Apple are cutting back hours and have laid off some workers, the Financial Times reports.

Multiple workers told the FT that manufacturing giant Foxconn has paused hiring at its massive plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. According to the paper, Foxconn "has also begun to cut some of the temporary workers it hired in large numbers in February as it ramped up production after a long pause."

Foxconn has limited overtime hours and encouraged workers to take time off, the FT says.

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