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,

Foxconn employs sevral workers at its Tamil Nadu plant, many of whom are women. It outsources recruitment to third-party agencies responsible for scouting and screening before final interviews

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 directed recruitment agencies in India to remove age, gender, and marital status criteria, as well as references to the company's name, from job advertisements for iPhone assembly roles,