BMW Manufacturing Co.’s criminal background check policy disproportionately excluded blacks from working at the company’s facility in Spartanburg, a federal lawsuit charges.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Spartanburg, that BMW’s policy has had a disparate impact on black employees and applicants, depriving them of employment opportunities with BMW and its suppliers of logistics services.
In a statement, BMW said Tuesday the company couldn’t comment on the specifics of the complaint because of the pending litigation.
But the statement said, “BMW believes that it has complied with the letter and spirit of the law and will defend itself against the EEOC’s allegations of race discrimination.
“BMW is a global company with employees in more than 140 countries around the world. We have a strong culture of non-discrimination as evidenced by the company’s highly diverse workforce.”
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