A Hyundai supplier has been fined $30,076 and ordered by a federal court to stop employing workers as young as 13, as well as prevented from shipping any goods produced in violation of federal child labor laws.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the action today against SL Alabama, which employs about 650 in the Alexander City area, making headlights, rear combination lights and side mirrors for Hyundai and Kia.
“Our investigation found SL Alabama engaged in oppressive child labor by employing young workers under the minimum age of 14, and by employing minors under 16 in a manufacturing occupation,” Kenneth Stripling, with the U.S. Department of Labor said.
“Employers are responsible for knowing who is working in their facilities, ensuring that those individuals are of legal working age, and that their employment complies with all federal, state and local labor laws.”
The action comes following an investigation by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, the Alabama Department of Labor’s Child Labor Enforcement office and the Alabama Attorney General’s office.
A Sept. 29 consent judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama permanently enjoined SL Alabama from violating child labor laws and from shipping any goods produced within 30 days of a child labor violation.
The U.S. Department of Labor in August accused SL Alabama of Alexander City with “employing oppressive child labor” in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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