Arthur Grand Systems has settled with the Departments of Labor and Justice about a career listing they had posted which stated that it was only for US citizens and white folks:
The settlement alone quantities to tiny a lot more than a slap on the wrist:
Less than the arrangement, Arthur Grand will fork out a civil penalty of $seven,five hundred, along with a total of $31,000 to 31 folks who complained about the submitting. The company — which is minority-owned and a federal contractor designated a deprived organization — will also be monitored to make sure compliance with anti-discrimination legal guidelines.
“It is shameful that in the twenty first century, we continue to see companies working with ‘whites only’ and ‘only US born’ career postings to lock out in any other case eligible position candidates of colour,” reported Assistant Attorney Standard Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which declared the agreements.
The business, of course, denies any accountability and blames it all on a “rogue personnel” who has supposedly been fired.
But call me skeptical due to the fact there is extra. There is constantly a lot more.
The enterprise is also in hassle for not maintaining appropriate documents to guarantee fairness in their hirings:
In its individual arrangement with Arthur Grand, the Labor Section states it also observed other violations, stating the company did not have information monitoring demographic attributes of work applicants, these kinds of as their gender, race or ethnicity and that the organization did not submit a observe of workers’ equal employment chance legal rights in conspicuous areas.
“We are committed to keeping federal contractors accountable for outrageous discriminatory techniques like this advertisement,” explained Acting Director Michele Hodge of the Office of Labor’s Workplace of Federal Contract Compliance Packages (OFCCP). “Companies like Arthur Grand, that take federal contracts, cannot have a ‘whites only’ hiring approach.”
That variety of shit may have flown before but there is a non-orange president now and with him a new and enhanced Depart of Labor. It is excellent to see these firms getting their toes held to the fire.
