Halliburton to Pay $280K to Settle Claim It Breached Bias Pact (1)

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. will pay $280,000 and provide a fired worker with a positive employment reference to resolve allegations by the U.S. government that the company didn’t fulfill all the terms of a 2014 agreement settling the worker’s disabilities bias claims.

The July 11 consent decree is a reminder that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will ensure that employers live up to agreements resolving job discrimination charges. It comes a month after a federal judge in Mississippi found the agency likely was correct that the company breached a 2014 pact when it failed to rehire Jason Anderson into a ...