Date | 2022 |
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Location | Alabama |
Outcome | Fines totaling approx. $80,000 |
Charges | Violating Fair Labor Standards Act and Alabama state child labor regulations |
In 2022, car manufacturing company Hyundai and its parts suppliers in Alabama, U.S. were found to be illegally employing children to operate heavy equipment.[1][2] Most of these children were refugees from Central America, some of whom were put to work against threat of deportation.[2]