GREENSBORO — Honda Aircraft Co., a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co. that manufactures business jet aircraft, has reached a settlement agreement with the Justice Department over discrimination claims, according to a release.
The Greensboro-headquartered aircraft manufacturer agreed to pay a penalty of $44,626 and remove all citizenship-specific requirements from existing and future positions within the company, in order to resolve a claim that the company had refused to hire work-authorized non-U.S citizens because of their citizenship status, a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision.
The settlement also requires that certain employees attend INA anti-discrimination provision, to ensure that trained personnel review future job postings by Honda Aircraft.
[Read full details of the agreement online.]
“The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that employers do not unlawfully exclude non-U.S. citizens because of their citizenship status,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Civil Rights Division.
Between August 2016 and December 2016, Department of Justice investigation found that at least 25 job listings unlawfully required applicants to have specific citizenship status to be considered for the positions. The department concluded that limiting applicants to U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents violated guidelines set by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
This story is from the North Carolina Business News Wire, a service of UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Media and Journalism
