Global security services provider enters agreement to resolve alleged racial hiring discrimination at Houston facility

Summary:

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Allied Universal, a global security and facility services provider, to resolve alleged systemic race-based hiring discrimination at a Houston facility operated by its subsidiary, G4S Secure Solutions. The agreement follows a routine compliance evaluation that found G4S Secure Solutions had discriminated against 1,459 Black applicants for security officer positions from 2016 to 2017, violating Executive Order 11246. As part of the agreement, Allied Universal will pay $411,000 in back wages to affected Black applicants, revise its hiring procedures, and extend job opportunities to 28 affected applicants.