Hyundai Accused of using child labour at Alabama unit
There is no proof of child labour at Hyundai Motor Company’s Alabama parts division stated.
There is no proof of child labour at Hyundai Motor Company’s Alabama parts division stated.
Workers at Smart Alabama LLC, a fully owned subsidiary of the Korean automaker that Reuters cited Friday, were all under the age of 18, according to their families, police, and former and present employees.
Dana White, a spokeswoman for Hyundai, claimed the company “is unaware of any evidence of the allegations,”
Hyundai’s assembly plant in Montgomery, Alabama, which builds the Santa Fe and Tucson compact SUVs and the Elantra car, receives parts from the Smart facility.
According to Smart’s response, it denies “knowingly employed” anyone ineligible for employment and says it relies on temporary work agencies in order to fill vacancies and that it “follows the law” in recruiting, hiring, and deploying workers at its premises.
According to an email response from Hyundai, the business “does not tolerate illegal employment practises in any Hyundai entity” and expects compliance with all local, state and federal laws.
Some of the suspected underage labourers are from Enterprise, Alabama,
