The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a news release yesterday announcing  a consent decree with a security company to settle findings of hiring discrimination.  The company will pay $290,000 to 446 African-American job applicants and will hire 41 of the applicants into traditional security officer positions.  The company has also agreed to undertake extensive self-monitoring measures to ensure that all hiring practices fully comply with the law and will immediately correct any discrimination practice. 

OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu stated that “This settlement of $290,000 in back pay on behalf of 446 African-Americans should put all federal contractors on notice that the Labor Department is serious about eliminating systemic discrimination.

The OFCCP news release is at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/ofccp20100736.htm#