Department of Labor Files Discrimination Complaint Against Custodial Service Provider

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed an administrative complaint against a custodial service provider after an evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) alleged systematic racial discrimination against Black and a smaller number of white applicants for positions in its Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia, locations.

The complaint, which was filed September 13, alleges that from at least 2015 to the present ABM Janitorial Services has discriminated against Black workers for cleaning positions at three facilities and against white workers at one of the facilities. The complaint also alleges that the employer failed to document hiring decisions properly to mask its discriminatory hiring practices.

OFCCP’s complaint would require ABM Janitorial Services to provide relief to affected workers and would prohibit the company from obtaining any new federal contracts if it fails to follow a court order for hiring practice compliance.

“No one should be denied an opportunity to work based on race. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will vigorously enforce the law to ensure that companies doing business with the federal government meet their equal employment opportunity obligations,” said Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Jenny R. Yang.