The Dept. of Labor asserts that Sysco’s unfair recruitment practices at its New Braunfels facility affected 370 female and Black applicants. It discriminatorily withheld positions from 180 female applicants and 190 Black male applicants from 2018 to 2020.
The agreement included a payment from the employer of $154,000 in back wages for the affected applicants and an extended offer of employment to eight female and seven Black applicants not chosen for the outbound selector opening. Also, the company will make training available to all involved in hiring decisions, and the recruitment processes will be assessed and updated to stop discrimination.
“Sysco Central Texas cooperated with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve these matters and are taking steps to prevent similar issues from happening again,” said OFCCP Southwest Regional Director Melissa Speer in Dallas. “Sysco Central Texas took immediate action to comply with federal hiring and equal employment opportunity laws, and to ensure future compliance.”
The Dept. of Labor reported Sysco Central Texas had federal contracts with the Department of Defense and the Department of Interior’s bureaus of Indian Affairs and Indian Education during the OFCCP evaluation period. In addition to Sysco hiring discrimination claims in New Braunfels, it’s North Texas Inc. warehouse in Lewisville, Texas, had to draw an agreement with the department over similar allegations, in which 135 female applicants and 663 Black male applicants experienced hiring discrimination.
If you think you may be a class member affected by this agreement, learn more about this and other settlements.
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