US Department of Labor enters agreement with Daikin Industries to resolve race-based hiring discrimination allegations at Virginia location

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has reached a conciliation agreement with Daikin Industries to resolve allegations of race-based hiring discrimination against 98 Black applicants at its Verona facility. Under the agreement, Daikin will pay $100,000 in back wages and interest to the affected applicants and extend three job offers to identified class members. The OFCCP found that Daikin discriminated against the applicants in violation of Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.