Microsoft Says U.S. Government Questions Its Pledge to Hire More Black Employees
October 06 2020 - 6:11PM
Dow Jones News
By Khadeeja Safdar
Microsoft Corp. said it was contacted last week by the federal
government to see whether its pledge to hire more Black employees
constitutes unlawful discrimination by a government contractor.
The software company said the agency overseeing federal
contractors is questioning whether its initiative to double the
number of Black managers and leaders in its U.S. workforce by 2025
violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
"We have every confidence that Microsoft's diversity initiative
complies fully with all U.S. employment laws," the company said in
a blog post.
Write to Khadeeja Safdar at khadeeja.safdar@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 06, 2020 17:56 ET (21:56 GMT)
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