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Target to Pay $3.7M to Settle Criminal History Hiring Bias Suit
Target Corp. will pay $3.74 million and give priority hiring opportunities to some black and Latino job applicants to resolve charges that its criminal background check policy illegally excluded thousands of minorities from hourly and entry-level jobs. The April 5 filing of the preliminary settlement comes the same day the company was sued in Manhattan …
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Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP have reached a settlement with Target Corporation to resolve allegations that its overly broad and outdated criminal background check policy discriminated against African-American and Latino applicants. As part of the settlement, filed on behalf of a class of job applicants, Target …
Target Agrees to Review Screening of Job Applicants Amid Claims of Bias
Target agreed on Thursday to revise guidelines for how it screens people seeking jobs at its stores, a step meant to quell complaints that the retailer discriminates against black and Hispanic applicants with criminal records that can include offenses too minor or old to affect their performance as employees. The move comes in a labor …
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Target pays $3.7 million to settle lawsuit over racial disparity in use of criminal background checks
The complaint, which includes grievances from more than a decade ago, allows for job applicants to reapply for Target positions or seek a financial award. Target Corp. has agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over allegations that its use of criminal background checks as part of the hiring process has disproportionately …