Staffing Firms Settle Racial Discrimination Claims With EEOC

New Koosharem and Real Time Staffing, two affiliates of staffing firm Select, chose to settle with the EEOC for $580,000 rather than litigate claims that they had discriminated by failing to place applicants. The complaint alleged that the firms favored Hispanics for certain jobs, and passed over qualified applicants of other races. There are additional conditions to the settlement, among them, revise the application process, conduct internal audits twice a year to make sure they are referring applicants in the order they sign up, and allow the EEOC to monitor and review compliance.