Racial Discrimination
MVP Placements Racial Discrimination Settlements
A settlement and a partial settlement are being resolved with Personnel Staffing Group, LLC, which does business as Most Valuable Personnel or MVP and two companies for which it does placements, Gold Standard Baking, Inc. and Vee Pak, Inc. (and related companies). The complaints alleged that the companies discriminated against African Americans who applied for Read more
Quality Labor Services Racial Discrimination Settlement
Quality Labor Services, LLC (QLS) is paying $150,000 to settle a class action alleging it engaged in racial discrimination. The complaint claimed QLS’s Gurnee, Illinois office discriminated against African-Americans seeking work with its clients. Read more
Kaiser Permanente Racial Discrimination Settlement
This settlement resolves a civil rights class action against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (KFHP), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH), the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (TPMG), and Southern California Medical Group (SCMG). The complaint alleged that the entities (1) paid unequally based on race and (2) had a pattern and practice of other kinds of racial Read more
MVP Personnel Staffing Racial Discrimination Settlement
This settlement resolves the remaining portions of a class action originally filed against Personnel Staffing Group, LLC (which does business as MVP), the Segerdahl Corportion, Mercury Plastics, Inc., the Penray Companies, Inc., Advertising Resources, Inc., Lawrence Foods, Inc., and MPS Chicago, Inc. The complaint alleged that African-American workers who looked for work assignments from MVP Read more
Oregon CARES Fund Racial Requirement Settlement
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, The Contingent, and Black United Fund, Inc. are settling a case that challenged the race-oriented criteria of a black relief and resiliency fund. The original Fund was created from a portion of federal Covid-19 relief money received by the state of Oregon, and a new fund has been created Read more
YouTube Racial Discrimination and Conflicts of Interest Class Action
The massive, 238-page complaint for this class action, bring suit against YouTube, LLC and its parent companies Google, LLC and Alphabet, Inc. The complaint accuses the companies of “overt, intentional, and systemic racial discrimination” in their control of all content posted on YouTube. YouTube is supposed to provide equal access, the complaint argues, but it Read more
MVP and Other Companies Racial Discrimination Settlement
This settlement resolves most of a racial discrimination class action against Personnel Staffing Group, LLC (doing business as MVP), the Segerdahl Corp., Mercury Plastics, Inc., the Penray Companies, Inc., Advertising Resources, Inc., and Lawrence Foods, Inc. The complaint alleged that these companies discriminated in hiring against African Americans who applied for jobs with the companies. Read more
Carolina First Bank Job Applicant Discrimination Settlement
Carolina First Bank is settling a class action alleging it discriminated against African Americans based on their credit history. The complaint alleged that the bank’s credit check practices had an unequal effect on African Americans, thus violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read more
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation Discrimination Settlement
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC) has signed a Consent Order after an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. The two agencies were investigating allegations that TMCC violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by charging higher interest rates to African-American, Asian, and Pacific Islander car Read more