Dollar General Agrees to Pay $6 Million for Alleged Race Bias in Hiring Process

​Dollar General will pay $6 million to settle a race-discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC alleged that the discount retailer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using a broad criminal background check that led the company to deny jobs to black applicants at a much higher rate than white applicants. Dollar General agreed to the settlement without admitting any wrongdoing.
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