The United States government had shocked the leading social media giant Facebook as the company had settled two complaints leveled against it on the grounds of having a discriminatory approach towards the local United States workers. With the social media giant coming forward to settle the agreements, it is going to charge a bomb.
Facebook is under severe criticism for allegedly discriminating against the local workers by preferring the international workers for the jobs under the PERM labor certification. The employees who are accusing the company of its alleged discriminatory behavior had filed lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
As a bid to end the tough time it has been facing with the two lawsuits, Facebook had decided to settle the lawsuits filed against it by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The two establishments have filed one lawsuit each against Facebook.
The settlement was made in a way that Facebook should have to pay a sum of $4.75 million as a civil penalty and the millions of employees who alleged the discriminatory behavior will undergo training sessions and Facebook will bear the cost of the training sessions.
While saying that no evidence was found to hold Facebook guilty of not following the guidelines of recruiting the employees under the PERM program, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) maintained that the employers in the country should follow the recruitment process without fail.
Looking at the history of the lawsuits, on the grounds of alleged discrimination towards the US workers by Facebook, a lawsuit was filed against the social media platform by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last year. The establishment opined that Facebook is giving preference to international workers despite skilled employees being available in the United States.
Despite rubbishing the allegations of the DOJ, Facebook had decided to settle the lawsuit by paying as much as $4,750,000 as a civil penalty. On top of this, Facebook will pay $9,500,000 for the local workers who alleged that they were impacted by Facebook’s behavior.
