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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Current Parent Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: March 29, 2024
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: age discrimination
Violation Description: HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise agreed to pay a total of $18 million to settle litigation brought by a group of former employees who alleged that the two companies and their predecessor Hewlett-Packard Co. unlawfully used layoffs to make its workforce more youthful. Court documents do not specify how much each company would pay. Here we assume they each paid half of the total.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:16-cv-04775
Case Name: Forsyth et al v. HP Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: information technology
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