"US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, NIELSEN COMPANY US REACH AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE ALLEGED RACE-BASED HIRING DISCRIMINATION IN DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO
Employer to pay $570K in back wages to 994 Asian, Black, multi-racial, white applicants
DALLAS – The Nielsen Company US LLC, a global marketing research, data analytics and opinion-research company, will pay $570,000 in back wages and interest to resolve allegations of systemic race-based hiring discrimination in Dallas and San Antonio identified by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The payment is part of a conciliation agreement with the department after routine compliance evaluations by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleged discrimination in Nielsen’s hiring practices. The employer will pay back wages and interest to 994 job applicants, extend job opportunities to 56 affected applicants, and take steps to ensure its personnel practices — including recordkeeping, internal audits and outreach — meet legal requirements.
The OFCCP preliminary findings allege Nielsen discriminated against Asian, Black, multi-racial and white job applicants when hiring for research interviewer and bilingual research interviewer positions at its Dallas facility from Jan. 1, 2016, through July 31, 2018, and Black and white applicants at its San Antonio facility from May 1, 2018, through March 18, 2020."
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