Rolls-Royce to Pay $135,000 to Settle DOL Hiring Bias Claims

Rolls-Royce Holdings agreed to pay $135,000 in back pay to settle sex discrimination allegations from the U.S. Labor Department that the federal contractor didn’t select 26 female workers for machine operator roles.

The alleged discrimination took place at the company’s Prince George, Virginia, location near Richmond from January to December 2017, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs said in a statement. In addition to back pay, Rolls-Royce will offer jobs to four of the 26 affected female applicants.

The company also entered into what’s known as an “early resolution conciliation agreement,” whereby Rolls-Royce will agree to corporatewide ...