Table 1
Trends in Apple suppliers' compliance with labor and human rights benchmarks (as reported by Apple)
| Practices in compliance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
| Antidiscrimination | 87% | 79% | 78% | 69% | 63% |
| Fair treatment of workers | 96% | 96% | 93% | 91% | 87% |
| Prevention of involuntary labor and human trafficking* | 87% | 85% | 78% | 76% | 80% |
| Prevention of underage labor | 97% | 95% | 97% | 96% | 97% |
| Working hours** | 95% | 92% | 38% | 32% | 46% |
| Juvenile worker protection | 73% | 62% | 87% | 73% | 74% |
| Wages and benefits | 75% | 72% | 69% | 70% | 65% |
| Freedom of association | 99% | 98% | 95% | 99% | 96% |
| Overall compliance*** | 81% | 77% | 74% | 72% | 72% |
* This category was called "prevention of involuntary labor" for the data from 2009 to 2011.
** This category reflects compliance with Apple's 60-hour standard instead of relevant legal standards, including China's.
*** Since overall compliance reflects inaccurate information, such as the near-perfect scores in the freedom of association category, the figure is likely not useful.
Source: Apple (2010, 2011, 2012a, 2013, 2014a)
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