12-year-olds found working at Hyundai subsidiary in US
A subsidiary for Hyundai in the US state of Alabama has been caught using 12-year-old children to work at a factory that supplies auto parts to the Korean automaker’s assembly line. Key points: The three siblings found working in the factory were 12, 13 and 15 and did not attend school A spokesman for the Alabama Department of Labor said it would coordinate with the US Department of Labor and other agencies to investigate One former worker said there were around 50 underage workers between different factory shifts The underage staff worked at a metal stamping plant operated by SMART Alabama LLC, according to local police. SMART, listed by Hyundai in the company’s filing as a majority-owned unit, supplies parts for some of the most popular cars and SUVs made by the automaker at Montgomery, its flagship assembly plant in the US. In a statement, SMART said it follows federal, state and local laws and “denies allegations that it knowingly employs anyone who does not qualify for the job”. T