Monday, May 16, 2016

FEDERAL FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTOR SETTLES CHARGES OF GENDER-BASED HIRING DISCRIMINATION FOR ENTRY-LEVEL MICHIGAN, KENTUCKY, WISCONSIN WAREHOUSE JOBS

Gordon Food Service Inc. to pay women $1.85M in back wages, benefits
WYOMING, Mich. – For a second time, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has determined that a Michigan-based, federal food service contractor systematically discriminated against 926 qualified women seeking entry-level warehouse laborer jobs.
In agreements with the department, Gordon Food Service, Inc. of Wyoming will pay a total of $1.85 million to female applicants, hire 37 female applicants and stop using a strength test that OFCCP found to be discriminatory.

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