The U.S. Justice Division mentioned on Tuesday it had reached a settlement with Common Motors to resolve the division’s willpower that the American automaker discriminated towards non-U.S. residents.
Underneath the phrases of the settlement, the corporate pays $365,000 in civil penalties to the USA, the Justice Division mentioned in a press release. GM didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Tuesday.
A Justice Division investigation decided that till not less than September 2021, GM’s export compliance assessments unnecessarily required lawful everlasting residents to supply an unexpired international passport as a situation of employment, imposing a discriminatory barrier on them within the hiring course of, the division mentioned.