DOL’s Pacific Region Got Most Dollars in Contractor Bias Audits

Federal contractors in eight Pacific states and Guam shelled out the most money over the last two fiscal years to settle actions brought by the Department of Labor alleging discrimination against job applicants and employees.

The Pacific Region of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs collected about one-fifth of total settlement money from companies that do business with the federal government, according to a Bloomberg BNA analysis of government data available as of Aug. 23.

The OFCCP has six regional offices in charge of auditing federal government contractors for workplace nondiscrimination compliance: the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific, ...