Palantir Settles Discrimination Complaint With U.S. Labor Agency
- Company to pay $1.66 million to some Asian job applicants
- Peter Thiel-backed startup admits no wrongdoing in settlement
An office building occupied by the technology firm Palantir.
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Palantir Technologies Inc. will pay $1.66 million to settle a hiring discrimination complaint brought by the U.S. Labor Department, according to a filing with a federal administrative court.
The payment is designed to cover back wages, stock options and other compensation for Asian engineers who applied for, but didn’t receive jobs at the data analytics startup. The settlement also includes a provision requiring the Palo Alto, California-based company to extend job offers to eight people who were unfairly denied jobs, according to a statement by the Labor Department.