Data mining giant Westat to pay $1.5M to settle discrimination case with US Labor Department

More than 3,600 African American, Asian American, Hispanic and female applicants to benefit

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Federal contractor Westat Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it failed to provide equal employment opportunities to 3,651 African American, Asian American, Hispanic and female job applicants at its Rockville headquarters and at field sites in California, Connecticut, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee. The conciliation agreement entered into by Westat and the department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs resolves these and numerous other violations, including a failure to maintain and internally audit its own records.

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