Hyundai to divest Alabama subsidiary following child labor revelations
One of the plants was inspected last August and authorities, later issuing penalties to the plant operator and a third-party staffing firm who recruited them.
As Reuters reported earlier, many of the underage workers who found their way into the Alabama auto parts plants were recruited by third-party staffing agencies, a process that can allow big corporations to turn a blind eye to the illegal employment of minors. He wrote that staffing firms who hired children to work at Hyundai supplier plants had provided false employee documentation. In the future, however, Hyundai and its supply chain partners must do more to ensure children are never put to work in their factories, the letter said.
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