BFI settles sex discrimination claim.BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance Waste Services, which does business as Allied Waste Services of Little Rock, has agreed to pay $190,780 to settle a sex discrimination complaint filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of three women who were denied jobs. The EEOC EEOC abbr. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC n abbr (US) (= Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) → comisión que investiga discriminación racial o sexual en el empleo accused BFI of not even allowing one of the qualified women to apply for a truck driving position while the other two were allowed to apply but rejected. In addition to paying the settlement to the women, BFI has agreed to do more recruitment of women drivers and to submit hiring reports to the EEOC for three years. "BFI is an equal opportunity employer equal opportunity employer An employer or enterprise that does not discriminate against a job candidate, or subject him/her to adverse exclusionary criteria, based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. See Equal employment opportunity. and is committed to creating a culture of providing equal employment opportunity for all individuals," Chris CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response Information System (US DoD) CHRIS California Historical Resources Information System CHRIS Computerized Human Resources Information System CHRIS Command Human Resources Intelligence System Synek, senior vice president of BFI's south region, said in the EEOC news release. "We will take this opportunity to further enhance our hiring and training practices to ensure we respond to the EEOC's comments and to reinforce re·in·force v. 1. To give more force or effectiveness to something; strengthen. 2. To reward an individual, especially an experimental subject, with a reinforcer subsequent to a desired response or performance. 3. our commitment to maintaining fair and open hiring practices." |
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