Three subcontractors that worked on a project to expand electric vehicle maker Rivian’s Normal, Ill., manufacturing plant have reached a settlement with the state attorney general’s office and Illinois Dept. of Labor over allegations they failed to pay workers for overtime labor.
Guangzhou Mino Equipment Co. of China, IT8 Software Engineering S.L. of Spain and Mexico-based LAM Automation, which were all hired on a project at the plant, used a complex subcontracting arrangement to avoid paying overtime wages to 54 workers brought in from Mexico on work visas, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced on Dec. 21. LAM was responsible for paying the workers, but Mino and IT8 had control over their work and employment conditions.