Another Hyundai Supplier Has Been Accused Of Using Child Labor In Alabama | Carscoops carscoops
The U.S. Department of Labor has accused SL Alabama LLC, a Korean-owned auto parts maker, of violating federal and state child labor laws at its Alabama factory.
SL Alabama is a subsidiary of Korea’s SL Corp that supplies headlights, taillights, and other components to Hyundai and Kia. Hyundai, meanwhile, operates a plant in Alabama that produces the Santa Cruz, the Santa Fe, the Tucson, andThe supplier’s Alexander, Alabama plant was accused of “repeatedly” violating labor regulations by using “oppressive child labor” and employing “minors under the age of 16,” according to a six-page complaint from the U.S.
In a statement, SL Alabama admitted that children had worked at its plant, which employs 650 people. The supplier claimed that the children it employed had been hired by an outside recruitment firm that it did not identify. Firms such as these have been criticized in the past for enabling employers to avoid responsibility for vetting employees and their eligibility to work.
In addition to the complaint, a proposed settlement between SL Alabama and the government was also filed with the courts. Although it still needs to be signed by a judge, in it, the company agreed to stop hiring minors, punish managers aware of the use of underage employees, and suspend any relationship with recruiters who supply
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