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The agreement follows a routine compliance evaluation of G4S Secure Solutions by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that alleged — from Jan. 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2017 — the federal contractor’s hiring practices violated an Executive Order by discriminating against 1,459 Black applicants for security officer positions.
An agreement with an environmental cleanup provider for allegation they discriminated against applicants for contract employment at the Hanford Nuclear Site
A San Diego-based subsidiary for a national parking garage company has agreed to pay $320,000 to resolve allegations of race and gender-based hiring discrimination.
Microsoft-owned social media platform LinkedIn has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor to pay $1.8 million to female employees over discrimination claims. According to the government, Linkedin denied almost 700 women equal pay in several California offices.
The professional networking platform reached a settlement with the U.S. Labor Department over allegations that it underpaid 686 female employees in California from 2015 to 2017, officials said.