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Company: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
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Penalty: $2,250,000
Year: 2011
Date: September 20, 2011
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: gender discrimination
Violation Description: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. entered into two consent decrees to settle allegations of sex discrimination. The company agreed to pay a total of $2.25 million in back wages, interest and benefits to more than 1,650 qualified female job applicants who were rejected for employment at facilities in Joslin, Ill.; West Point, Neb.; and Waterloo and Denison, Iowa.
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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