Nationwide provider’s subsidiary, federal contractor, to pay $320K to affected applicants

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with LAZ Parking California LLC and will pay $320,000 in back wages and interest to 678 affected job seekers to resolve allegations of race- and gender-based hiring discrimination affecting Black and female applicants at its Southern California facilities.

The agreement follows a routine compliance evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that alleges – from May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019 – the employer discriminated against Black applicants and female applicants in hiring valet, shuttle driver and customer service representative positions at several locations in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Diego, California. Executive Order 11246 prohibits federal contractors from discriminating in employment based race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

In addition to paying back wages to the affected applicants, Laz Parking California has agreed to revise its recruiting and selection procedures to ensure its personnel practices comply with federal law. The employer will extend 49 job offers and take proactive steps to ensure its application and hiring processes are not discriminatory.

“Our agreement with LAZ Parking California will ensure that people applying for positions there will have equal access in hiring as the law...

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