B&H Foto & Electronics Corp. agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle Labor Department claims that it discriminated against more than 1,300 Hispanic employees and female, black, and Asian job applicants (OFCCP v. B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., Dep’t of Labor A.L.J., No. 2016-OFC-4, 8/11/17).
The settlement is the fourth “consent decree” so far in 2017 that stemmed from an administrative action brought by the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The OFCCP, which audits government contractors for affirmative action and nondiscrimination compliance, generally files less than a dozen administrative complaints annually.
The agency reached consent decrees ...
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