Apple has agreed to pay up to $25 million over claims it engaged in hiring discrimination when recruiting workers for its permanent labor certification program.
Apple has agreed to pay up to $25 million to settle claims that it engaged in hiring discrimination . On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that $18.25 million will go toward creating a backpay fund for affected victims, while the remaining $6.75 million is in civil penalties . The DOJ found that Apple violated the Immigration and Nationality Act when recruiting through a permanent labor certification program , which lets companies hire foreign workers permanently in the US.
“These less effective recruitment procedures nearly always resulted in few or no applications to PERM positions from applicants whose permission to work does not expire,” the DOJ says. Apple denies engaging in illegal hiring practices in the terms of the settlement. “When we realized we had unintentionally not been following the DOJ standard, we agreed to a settlement addressing their concerns,” Apple spokesperson Fred Sainz said in an emailed statement to The Verge.
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