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Apple Inc. said in a report posted on its Web site Saturday that an audit of its suppliers found that three hired 11 underage workers to help build its iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer in 2009.

“Apple discovered three facilities that had previously hired 15-year-old workers in countries where the minimum age for employment is 16,” the company said about its onsite audit of 102 factories.

The full report can be viewed by clicking here.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) said the underage workers were “no longer in active employment at the time of our audit easy payday loans.”

The company said it also found eight cases where excessive recruitment fees were paid, three situations involving hazard waste disposal and three involving falsified records.

The company didn't name the suppliers where violations were found.

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