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Company: Tyson Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
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Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2006
Date: September 27, 2006
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: racial discrimination
Violation Description: The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that Tyson Foods Inc. entered into six consent decrees to settle findings of hiring discrimination by giving more than 2500 women and minorities a total of $1.5 million in back pay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing and meatpacking
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