Security provider, federal contractor to pay $375K in back wages to 536 affected applicants
HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with a leading armored security provider to the financial industry to resolve alleged systemic race- and gender-based hiring discrimination at its Houston facility.
The agreement follows a routine compliance evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that alleged – from April 3, 2017, through April 3, 2019 – Loomis Armored US LLC discriminated against 355 Black male and female applicants, and 181 other female applicants, when hiring for cash management service teller positions. The alleged actions violate Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating in employment based race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
Loomis Armored US has agreed to pay $375,000, in back wages to 536 Black and female applicants, and to revise its recruiting and selection procedures to ensure its personnel practices meet legal requirements. In addition, the employer will extend job opportunities to 24 affected Black and female applicants at its facilities nationwide.
“Our agreement with Loomis Armored US LLC will resolve alleged violations discovered in a routine compliance audit, compensate affected job applicants, and ensure the employer complies with federal hiring and employment laws,” explained Office of Federal...
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