By Munsif Vengattil, Praveen Paramasivam and Aditya Kalra SRIPERUMBUDUR, India (Reuters) - Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age,

Apple supplier Foxconn has directed its recruitment agents in the country to remove age, gender, marital status criteria, and the company's name from .

Foxconn, which employs thousands of women at the iPhone factory at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, has outsourced recruitment of assembly-line workers to third-party vendors.

Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender and marital criteria as well as the manufacturer's name in job advertisements,

Foxconn has instructed its Indian recruitment agents to stop using age, gender, and marital status criteria in job ads after a Reuters investigation. The revised guidelines aim to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination policies.