UPS Settles U.S. Suit Alleging Bias Over Long Hair, Beards (1)

United Parcel Service Inc. will pay $4.9 million to resolve a U.S. government lawsuit that claimed the company’s uniform and appearance guidelines are biased.

The settlement is the largest class religious discrimination settlement in the history of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to the agency’s former chief attorney.

“It’s a very important case to make sure that large employers take the steps necessary to accommodate all religious minorities,” David Lopez, the EEOC’s Obama-era general counsel, told Bloomberg Law. “It is a big case, and to the best of my recollection, that is the largest resolution.”

In its August 2015 ...