BP pays $5.4M to settle gender bias claims
by Associated Press Published: June 29,2012
Tags: Alabama, BP Exploration & Production Inc., british petroleum, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Texas
WASHINGTON — Oil giant BP is paying $5.4 million to settle claims that some of its contractors refused to hire women to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. covers female workers in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. [...] [...]
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