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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Whirlpool Corporation
Current Parent Company: Whirlpool Corp.
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Penalty: $850,000
Year: 2005
Date: August 10, 2005
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: racial discrimination
Violation Description: After OFCCP determined that a hiring process used to screen job applicants at the factory from March 1997 to February 1998 created an adverse impact on certain applicants Whirlpool agreed to an $850,000 settlement.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Oklahoma
Facility City: Tulsa
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: housewares and home furnishings
Specific Industry of Current Parent: appliances
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: Source document was unavailable from OFCCP so a Whirlpool press release is listed as the information source.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.