Three other underage workers were also protesting at the plant.

Another facility that employed an unusually large number of underage workers (42) apparently had no interest in remedying the problem.

In a separate trial, he was acquitted of knowingly hiring underage workers.

There are also significant problems with underage workers, and small scale drug trafficking.

Some also operated power machinery, which underage workers are banned from using, the department said.

Compared to the previous year's report, this is down significantly-throughout 2010, Apple found 91 underage workers across 10 facilities.

Partly connected to this was the emergence of a need to criminalise clients using underage workers.

Engaging in sexual activity with someone under 14 was already classified as statutory rape, but that still left many underage workers.

It will not require the dismissal of underage workers already in place.