On November 9th, Patently Apple posted a report about Apple putting Pegatron on probation after finding that the company violated Apple's supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts or overtime. Today we're learning that Pegatron that "The impact of misemployment will be manageable for Pegatron, and the company is still busy fulfilling shipments of iPhone devices, according to Digitimes sources.

The report further noted that Pegatron will double its efforts to accelerate production automation while improving its recruitment process to avoid a repeat of a mistake of misemploying student workers at its production lines in China, according to company president SJ Liao.

Liao was responding to concerns from investors about possible impacts of Pegatron allegedly violating Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct by misclassifying student workers and allowing some of them to work at night and overtime.

Liao said Pegatron will spend more on automating manufacturing facilities to create more value for the company and counter ever-rising labor costs in China.

The company will tighten its control of recruitment system and workforce management totally in compliance with regulations set by clients and local governments to prevent a repeat of similar mistakes, he said. DigiTimes