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 trucks to market.
The consent decree and lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Cook, follows a similar settlement in December, when Rivian subcontractors agreed to pay $390,000 to 54 Mexican workers who were also allegedly denied overtime pay during the $1.2 billion renovation of the former Mitsubishi plant.
