September 11, 2025
Hyundai and a manufacturing company cannot avoid a U.S. Department of Labor suit accusing them of violating federal child labor law, an Alabama federal judge ruled while letting a now-defunct staffing company off the hook, saying an injunction against it would be futile.
May 27, 2025
A federal magistrate judge in Alabama said it's not totally clear that Hyundai, a manufacturing company and a staffing firm stopped employing minors after the U.S. Department of Labor sued them for hiring a 13-year-old, recommending that the companies face the agency's claims.
July 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor didn't support its claims that Hyundai knew a 13-year-old was working on an assembly line, the company said as it asked an Alabama federal court to dismiss the allegations.
May 30, 2024
Car companies SMART and Hyundai and a staffing agency employed a 13-year-old to work up to 60-hour weeks in an assembly line, the U.S. Department of Labor told an Alabama federal court Thursday, saying the labor "shocks the conscience."