The final rule establishes clearer standards under the Packers and Stockyards Act for prohibited practices relating to discrimination, retaliation and deception in contracting.
Caviness Beef Packers Ltd. has agreed to a settlement resolving findings that the company discriminated against job applicants on the bases of race and gender by rejecting them for positions at the company's two meat processing facilities.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. has entered into two consent decrees to settle allegations of sex discrimination.
