boston.com
October 3, 2007
LITTLE ROCK --Alltel Corp. has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a sex-discrimination complaint by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the agency announced Wednesday.
According to the federal agency, the Alltel Communications Inc. facility at Little Rock was accused of engaging in hiring discrimination based on gender over a one-year period. The agency said 539 women applying for jobs as financial-service and technical support representatives were affected.
"This settlement ... should put all federal contractors on notice that the Labor Department is serious about eliminating systemic discrimination," Deputy Assistant Labor Secretary Charles E. James Sr. said in a news release.
OFCCP investigators found that the women were disproportionately eliminated from employment possibilities, compared with similarly situated men, the release said.
In addition to the money going to the 539 women, the agency said Alltel agreed to hire 22 of them, immediately correct any discriminatory practices and undertake extensive self-monitoring measurements for two years to ensure that all hiring practices fully comply with the law. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/10/03/alltel_to_pay_275k_over_hiring_suit?mode=PF
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