A US technology company has claimed that an India-based recruiter was to blame for a job advert stating that only “white” people born in the US could apply, and has agreed to a federal settlement.
The Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday that Arthur Grand, an information technology services company specializing in government contracts, had agreed to pay a $7,500 civil penalty and reform its hiring practices after it was found to have posted the discriminatory job posting.
According to the Justice Department, the March 2023 posting said the position “restricted eligible candidates to ‘only U.S.-born citizens (white) who are local within 60 miles of Dallas, TX (do not share with candidates).'”
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“It is shameful that in the 21st century we continue to see employers use job advertisements that say ‘whites only’ and ‘American born only’ to exclude otherwise eligible candidates of color,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in the statement. “I share the public’s outrage at Arthur Grand’s appalling and discriminatory ban on applying for a job based on his citizenship status, national origin, color, and race.”
Arthur Grand did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In the settlement, the company said the job ad was created by a “disgruntled” recruiter in India who had tried to embarrass the firm. It denied that it had authorized the ad or that it was intended to discourage non-U.S. citizens from applying.
Arthur Grand has signed a separate aagreement with the Department of Labor.
The investigation was conducted by the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Division.
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