Dive Brief:

• HCL America, a technology consulting company based in Santa Clara, California, will pay $495,000 to settle an age and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in August 2024, according to a consent decree filed April 2.
• According to the complaint, HCL America interviewed and then refused to hire a candidate because — as the sales director told the hiring team via email, copying the interviewee — he was “too old” for the position. The sales director suggested the team prioritize “diverse candidates,” referring to those who were non-Indian, female or both, EEOC said.
• Under the two-year consent decree, in addition to paying the interviewee $495,000, HCL America will work with a third-party consultant to review and revise its policies and procedures regarding age- and national origin-based discrimination. It will also train its recruitment staff, managers and supervisors.

Dive Insight:

EEOC charged HCL America with violating both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“Hiring must be based on merit — not age or national origin — as the ADEA and Title VII requires,” Christopher Green, district director for EEOC’s San Francisco district office, said in a statement issued Friday. “The EEOC is committed to evenhanded enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and will hold employers accountable when they deny applicants opportunities because of their age or...

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