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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: American Express Company
Current Parent Company: American Express
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Penalty: $29,008
Year: 2022
Date: June 27, 2022
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: national origin discrimination
Violation Description: The Department of Justice signed settlement agreements requiring 16 private employers to pay a total of $832,944 in civil penalties to resolve claims that each company discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in hiring. According to the department, each company posted at least one job announcement excluding non-U.S. citizens on an online job recruitment platform operated by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: financial services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.