A Virginia company’s job listing inviting only white, US-born applicants for a position not only raised eyebrows online, but also caught the attention of the US government.
Arthur Grand Technologies’ job advertisement last year restricted eligible candidates to “only U.S.-born citizens (white)” and those living within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said, finding that the Ashburn, Virginia-based company’s discriminatory listing violated the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A recruiter working for an Arthur Grand subsidiary in India posted the ad on the Indeed job site in March and April 2023 for a business analyst position in the company’s insurance sales and claims team. The ad was widely circulated on social media and generated multiple news stories.
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“It is shameful that in the 21st century we continue to see employers use ‘whites only’ and ‘born-in-the-U.S. only’ job advertisements to exclude otherwise eligible candidates of color,” Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for the department’s civil rights division, said in a statement. statement“I share the public outrage over Arthur Grand’s egregious and discriminatory ban on job applications based on citizenship status, national origin, color and race.”
Arthur Grand did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The company previously denied approving the ad and said it had been placed by a disgruntled worker seeking to embarrass the company, according to a settlement with the Department of Justice.
The company will pay a $7,500 civil penalty under the agreement to resolve the matter. It also agreed to pay $31,000 to compensate those who filed complaints with the Department of Labor.
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