Hormel Foods settles discrimination case by hiring women at Nebraska plant

Hormel Foods Corp. will hire three dozen women and pay more than a half-million dollars in wages to hundreds of female job applicants denied entry-level jobs at a hog plant in Nebraska.

The actions are the result of a settlement made with the U.S. Department of Labor that found Hormel may have discriminated against women in its hiring process at the hog-processing plant in Fremont, Neb. Hormel is a large government contractor.

“When contractors accept federal funds, they agree to comply with federal anti-discrimination laws,” said Thomas M. Dowd, acting director of the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. “This voluntary settlement ensures Hormel’s compliance and provides a remedy for the affected applicants.”

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