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Company: Bland Farms
Penalty: $77,000
Year: 2001
Date: December 20, 2001
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: national origin discrimination
Violation Description: Bland Farms in Reidsville, Georgia, the country's largest grower and shipper of Vidalia onions, agreed to pay approximately $62,000 in back pay to to settle complaints of workplace discrimination against U.S. citizens. As part of the settlement agreement, Bland Farms also agreed to pay $15,000 in civil penalties to the government.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Georgia
Facility City: Reidsville
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