That company, SMART Alabama, of which Hyundai owned a majority stake, is accused of working a 13-year-old up to 60 hours a ...

A 13-year-old girl—referred to as “EC”—was employed by SMART Alabama, an auto parts supplier previously owned by Hyundai, at a manufacturing plant in Luverne, Alabama, after they were ...

A Reuters investigative report in July documented children, including a 12-year-old, working at a Hyundai-controlled metal stamping plant in rural Luverne, Alabama, called SMART Alabama ...

Hyundai first started building cars at its Montgomery, Alabama assembly plant in May 2005, and last week amidst considerable fanfare, the plant's one millionth car rolled off the line.

The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government contends is the illegal employment of children.

Hyundai sales are up 10 percent already this year, after ending 2011 on a 20-percent uptick. With its Alabama assembly plant already running over capacity, something had to change. In response ...