Rivian subcontractors to pay $315,000 in back wages due Mexican laborers in second state lawsuit over plant construction
Rivian subcontractors have agreed to pay $315,000 in back wages and penalties to settle a lawsuit brought by the state alleging the companies owed overtime pay to 59 Mexican laborers who helped build the startup’s electric vehicle plant in Normal.
It is the second such settlement with the Illinois attorney general’s office in less than a year for a chain of subcontractors hired by Rivian as it raced to bring its first electric
