Tulsa-Based Whirlpool to Settle Discrimination

[Chicken Little]

from communitydispatch.com

Tulsa-Based Whirlpool Corp. Agrees to Pay $850,000 in Back Wages to Settle Discrimination Claims against African Americans

..."Federal contractors should be upholding the highest standards of fairness in employment and compliance with the law," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "In addition to the financial settlement in this case, I am pleased that 48 applicants will now be receiving jobs."

During a routine compliance evaluation, investigators from the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) found that Whirlpool's hiring practices had a disparate impact on African-Americans applying for entry-level assembler positions at the Tulsa manufacturing facility...