US government sues SpaceX, claims hiring discrimination against asylees
Licensed archive · Attributed source reporting
411 Brief
Thursday, the US Department of Justice filed a civil complaint in an intra-Departmental court against SpaceX, a spacecraft company, over claimed hiring discrimination targeting asylees. The Department of Justice described its desired outcome as "fair consideration and back pay" for those who faced this alleged discrimination, other damages as the court ordered, and SpaceX altering its practices to avoid discrimination. The US government asserted the company, which Elon Musk founded and has owned, incorrectly stated it could not hire anybody n
Thursday, the US Department of Justice filed a civil complaint in an intra-Departmental court against SpaceX, a spacecraft company, over claimed hiring discrimination targeting asylees.
The Department of Justice described its desired outcome as "fair consideration and back pay" for those who faced this alleged discrimination, other damages as the court ordered, and SpaceX altering its practices to avoid discrimination.
The US government asserted the company, which Elon Musk founded and has owned, incorrectly stated it could not hire anybody not a US citizen or permanent resident under US export law. The government said that discouraged asylees from seeking jobs there.
The government said SpaceX did not "fairly" consider these applications in relation to jobs including those for which advanced degrees were necessary, as well as welders and cooks.
Sources & reporting note
Licensed archive reporting by Wikinews contributors. Text: CC BY 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/). Original source date retained. 411 has not independently verified this archive report.
Read the source: Wikinews ↗Source published 29 Aug 2023, 05:30 am IST
