Accenture and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have reached a $25 million settlement regarding alleged discriminatory employment practices. The DOJ claimed that since 2017, Accenture violated the False Claims Act by factoring in race or sex in hiring and promotion decisions and asserted violations of anti-discrimination rules.
Getty ImagesAccenture and the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to a $25 million settlement over alleged discriminatory employment practices this week.
The DOJ claimed that Accenture has violated the False Claims Act since 2017 by “taking race or sex into account when making hiring decisions” and when considering promotions, using aspirational workforce representation goals, according to the settlement. The DOJ also asserted that Accenture violated anti-discrimination rules by taking race and sex into account in decisions
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