Monthly Archives: January 2017

News Release LexisNexis Risk Solutions to pay over $1.2M in back pay and interest to 211 employees after investigation finds pay discrimination _______________________________________________________________________________________ Labor Department review identifies gender pay disparities in Georgia, Florida   ATLANTA – LexisNexis Risk Solutions will pay over $1.2 million in back pay and interest and provide additional relief to resolve

News Release Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana resolves US Labor Department claim of hiring discrimination against 467 warehouse workers _______________________________________________________________________________________ Investigation finds violations in federal contractor’s compliance review   SAINT ROSE, La. – A routine investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that Southern Glazer’s Wine

News Release US Department of Labor sues Google Inc. for compensation data ________________________________________________________________________________________ Data requested as part of routine audit of a federal contractor     SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit to require Google Inc. to provide requested compensation data and documents for the multinational company’s Mountain View

News Release Hormel Foods to pay $550K in back wages to 403 female applicants at Nebraska facility after US Labor Department finds hiring discrimination _______________________________________________________________________________________ Federal contractor resolves issues raised in compliance review   FREMONT, Neb. – Hormel Foods Corp. has agreed to hire 37 women with retroactive seniority and pay $550,000 in back wages

News Brief US Labor Department’s lawsuit alleges hiring discrimination at federal contractor’s beef-processing plant in Cactus, Texas _______________________________________________________________________________________ Complaint seeks back wages, jobs for applicants from JBS USA   Date of Action: Dec. 9, 2016 Type of Action: Lawsuit filed with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges Defendant(s): JBS USA Lux

News Release Ameriprise Financial, Inc. to settle discrimination charges, pay $128K in back pay, interest to 20 black employees ________________________________________________________________________________________ Investigation found federal contractor paid white workers more than black counterparts   MINNEAPOLIS – One of the nation’s leading financial planning companies discriminated in pay against black employees, an investigation by the U.S. Department of