Apple Computer Inc.’s investigation into claims of poor conditions at a Chinese iPod factory found no forced labor but revealed that workers were exceeding the company’s limits on hours and days to be worked per week, the company said Friday.

Congratulations, Apple. The one company I thought would never make the Evil Companies list now has it’s inaugural post. Apple investigated their own plant and found Apple was not in violation of worker’s rights. What the hell else are they going to say? “Yeah. It’s a slave camp over here. Our bad.”

There were no signs of “Forced Labor”. Instead, the employees were simply “working too many hours”. What are they, like all going for employee of the year awards? No, more likely what they actually found was originally worded something like this. “Our investigation has concluded that the employees were simply working too many hours… because they had seen other’s not work enough overtime and got kicked to the curb with a rifle butt to the neck.”

Nice spin, Apple. Where’s your happy shiny feel-good flower nation now? Almost makes me want to give up my iPod. But… um, I really like the design and it’s worked solid for 3 years straight and I would kinda miss iTunes… so. Yeah. Just don’t do it again.