Oracle is very proud of its cloud sales. But not everyone is very happy about how it got them. (credit: Håkan Dahlström)
The US Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Oracle America, saying the software giant systemically pays Caucasian male workers more than their counterparts with the same job title. The lawsuit also says Oracle favors Asians in hiring for certain roles, which results in discrimination against non-Asian employees.
The lawsuit is the result of an investigation that began in 2014. In a statement issued on the lawsuit, the Dept. of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) says that Oracle wouldn’t comply with “routine requests for employment data and records” during the investigation. OFCCP tried for “almost a year” to resolve the matter before filing suit.
Federal contracting rules prohibit Oracle from employment discrimination. If Oracle doesn’t stop the discrimination alleged in the lawsuit, OFCCP has requested that all of company’s government contracts be canceled and that it be prevented from entering into future federal contracts.
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Source: Ars Technica – Labor Department sues Oracle for racial discrimination