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If a large number of people at Foxconn actually do work over 60 hours a week, then Apple (and other electronics companies) do have the loosest standards in the business.

I remember a case at a Reebok factory a few years ago. After a check 5 people were found to have been working over 60 hours (only about 2 additional hours to pack some stuff for urgent delivery). The factory was fined $100,000. Since the factory's enforcement continued to be lax they were cut from the supplier list some time after that.

And things are the same for all the major, top level, garment and shoe brands. Strict adherence to labor laws, safety, working hours, is being enforced. That standard is a 40-hour week. The absolute limit for any worker is 60 hours, including overtime. Overtime costs a lot of money and the factories themselves see it in their interest to avoid it like the plague. The only reasons for overtime are a sudden surge in orders (and they cannot find new workers -- this is happening at the moment) or the need to rush an order.