October 23, 2024
Mexican nationals accusing Kia and Hyundai units of failing to pay overtime have urged a Georgia federal court to grant them conditional certification for their fair labor collective action claims, saying there are others who likely also didn't get proper wages.
May 28, 2024
Hyundai and Kia are still confronted with claims that they were in on a scheme to obtain cheap labor from skilled Mexican engineers seeking participation in a professional visa program after a Georgia federal judge determined workers had adequately alleged the companies' involvement.
June 06, 2023
Auto plant workers who said they were recruited to the U.S. on false pretenses urged a Georgia federal court not to toss racketeering claims against Kia and a staffing firm, arguing that they sufficiently alleged that the companies participated in a long-running visa fraud scheme.
February 28, 2023
A job placement firm wants a Georgia federal judge to scrap a retooled proposed class action accusing it and other staffing companies of pulling a bait-and switch scheme that saddled Mexican labor at Hyundai and Kia plants with long shifts and discriminatory pay, arguing that it only dealt with one of the eight suing workers.
October 17, 2022
Two companies accused of misleading a Mexican citizen to work at a Hyundai plant for longer shifts and less pay than American co-workers want the suit tossed, telling a Georgia federal judge the man presented no facts demonstrating race bias.
August 11, 2022
A Mexican national who says he came to the U.S. to perform technical work at a Hyundai plant hit the plant with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court, saying he instead was placed on an assembly line, made to work 12-hour days, and is paid far less than his American co-workers.