BMW, Dollar General Sued Over Criminal Background Checks

Dollar General Corp., the discount retailer, and BMW Manufacturing Co, a unit of the German automaker, were sued by the U.S. government over the allegedly discriminatory use of criminal background checks in hiring.

The companies used those checks in a manner that was biased against black workers and job applicants, according to complaints filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today in Chicago and in Spartanburg, South Carolina.