US: Tyson Foods to pay settlement in discrimination case
By just-food.com | 28 September 2006
Tyson Foods has agreed to pay a US$1.5m charge to settle allegations that the company's hiring policies discriminated against women and minorities, the US Labor Department revealed yesterday (27 September).
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Tyson Foods has agreed to pay a US$1.5m charge to settle allegations that the company's hiring policies discriminated against women and minorities, the US Labor Department revealed yesterday (27 September).
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