Following a seven-year investigation, OFCCP and FedEx have resolved allegations that the company’s hiring practices resulted in systematic discrimination against 21,635 workers who applied for entry-level positions at FedEx shipping centers in 15 states.
FedEx has agreed to pay $3 million in back wages and make 1,703 job offers to the affected applicants. The company has also agreed to undertake corporate-wide reforms to improve the way it conducts hiring at more than 500 FedEx Ground facilities across the county.
For more details, please see the press release which is attached here and available online. You can also check out this story in the New York Times.
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Under the current administration, OFCCP compliance officers have reviewed more than 12,000 companies that do business with the U.S. Government. In the past three years, OFCCP has recovered $33 million in back wages and almost 7,000 potential job offers for over 70,000 workers.
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