Foxconn Offers Staff $1,400 to Leave After iPhone City Violence

Apple Inc.’s main global production partner said in an online notice the sum, to be paid out in two installments, will help smooth the journey home for employees. Many of the 200,000-plus workers at Foxconn’s main plant in Zhengzhou hail from elsewhere in the province or country. But the intent was also to usher out recent employees that the local government had helped recruit, many of whom fueled tensions among the ranks, a Foxconn spokesperson said on Thursday. The company will replace departing staff though it may take time, the spokesperson added.