Labor Department Signs Settlement Agreement with Jimmy Dean Foods That Will Benefit 48 Female Job Applicants
U.S. Newswire, April, 2003
WASHINGTON, April 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that is has entered into a settlement agreement with Jimmy Deans Foods, a division of Sara Lee Corporation. The settlement resolves the department's allegations that Jimmy Dean Foods discriminated against female applicants for laborer jobs at its Newbern, Tenn. meat-processing plant.
Under the settlement agreement, Jimmy Dean Foods will hire 48 female applicants and pay more than $240,000 in back pay. The value of the settlement agreement for the female job applicants who are hired, in terms of annual earnings, is more than $900,000.
"This settlement reflects the Department of Labor's enforcement emphasis on fighting injustice at the workplace," said U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L....
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