- Northern Virginia technology company Arthur Grand Technologies has agreed to pay $38,500 to settle a discrimination lawsuit related to job ads.
- The Justice Department said the company ran job ads that specified a preference for white candidates who were born in the United States.
- Arthur Grand Technologies claimed the posts were made by “disgruntled Indian recruiters” and aimed at embarrassing the company.
A Northern Virginia technology company will pay $38,500 to settle a lawsuit that alleged it discriminated against the company when it advertised a business analyst position seeking white, U.S.-born candidates.
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had reached a settlement agreement with Arthur Grand Technologies, an information technology company based in Ashburn, Virginia.
The company posted a job online for a business analyst in March 2023, specifically asking for “U.S.-born White applicants only, living within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas (please don’t tell candidates).”
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“It is shameful, even in the 21st century, to see employers use ‘whites only’ or ‘born in the U.S.’ job ads to exclude otherwise qualified job applicants of color,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “I share the public’s outrage at Arthur Grand’s egregiously discriminatory actions to bar job applicants based on citizenship status, national origin, color, and race.”
A lecture at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2019. A Northern Virginia technology company is paying $38,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against the company when it advertised a business analyst position seeking white, U.S.-born candidates. (Brendan Smiarowski/AFP via Getty Images)
In its settlement agreement, the company said the ad was “created by disgruntled recruiters in India and intended to embarrass the company” and was not intended to discourage foreigners from applying.
Arthur Grand did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment Tuesday.
The settlement includes a $7,500 penalty to resolve the Department of Justice investigation and $31,000 to be paid as part of a settlement with the Department of Labor in compensation to individuals who filed complaints alleging they were discriminated against by the ads.
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The agreement also requires Arthur Grand to educate employees about the requirements of federal employment and discrimination laws and to revise its employment policies.
In 2019, another Northern Virginia technology company, Cynet Systems, apologized after it ran an online ad seeking applicants who were “preferably white” for an account manager position in Florida.
