Improvements found at Apple supplier plants

WASHINGTON — The labor group hired by Apple Inc. to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China says the improvements it recommended in March are being implemented ahead of schedule.

The Fair Labor Association said Tuesday that Apple's largest supplier, Foxconn, had completed all 195 improvements to working conditions that were due by the end of May. Foxconn also completed 89 of the 165 improvements due by next July. Among the changes, Foxconn reduced work hours to 60 hours a week.