CHICAGO (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Construction subcontractors building a new production line at Rivian have settled and resolved a joint investigation by Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office and the Illinois Department of Labor over unpaid overtime wages.
A release from the Attorney General’s office says the settlements require the chain of subcontractors to pay nearly $400,000 in back wages and penalties to resolve allegations that they failed to pay Mexican laborers for overtime worked. The joint investigation revealed that a chain of subcontractors hired to construct Rivian’s new production line in Normal, Illinois failed to pay overtime wages to their Mexican workers at the site.
The settlements require China-based Guangzhou Mino Equipment Co. (Mino); Spain-based IT8 Software Engineering, S.L. (IT8); and Mexico-based LAM Automation (LAM) – along with the companies’ related entities – to pay owed overtime wages and civil penalties, totaling $390,000, to 54 workers who were denied overtime wages they earned.
“Any company doing business in our state must follow laws that require workers to be fairly compensated for the hours they work,” Raoul said. “This settlement should send a message that employers cannot hide behind subcontractors to avoid responsibility for stolen wages. I am committed to holding businesses – large and small – accountable for violating laws that safeguard workers and support law-abiding businesses in Illinois, and I appreciate the Illinois...
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