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ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES WILL PAY $104K TO RESOLVE ALLEGED HIRING DISCRIMINATION

Waste collection contractor to pay back wages, interest to 54 female job
applicants

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of
Federal Contract Compliance Programs has reached a conciliation agreement with a
Southern California waste collection and recycling company to resolve alleged
hiring discrimination against female job applicants cited in a review of the
company’s federal contracts.

The agreement follows an OFCCP compliance review of Arakelian Enterprises
Inc. that found, from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, the company — operating as
Athens Services — discriminated against female applicants for positions as
operatives and laborers. 

OFCCP enforces Executive Order 11246 which prohibits federal contractors from
discriminating in employment based on race, sex, color, religion, sexual
orientation, gender identity or national origin.

To resolve the allegations, Arakelian Enterprises Inc. — operating as Athens
Services — will pay $104,658 in back pay and interest to 54 unsuccessful
applicants and extend 10 job opportunities to female applicants for open
positions. The company must also review and revise its hiring process and
provide enhanced training to managers to prevent future hiring discrimination. 

“Federal contractors and subcontractors must ensure that their employment
policies and practices provide equal employment opportunity to all employees,
regardless of sex,” explained Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Regional Director Jane Suhr in San Francisco. “The U.S. Department of Labor
remains committed to holding companies with federal contracts accountable for
ensuring equal employment opportunity.” 

Based in City of Industry, Arakelian Enterprises Inc. provides waste collection
and recycling services, including automated collection, organic waste
composting, storage box rentals and other related services. Since 2017, the
company provides services to federal prisons under contract to the Department of
Justice(link is external) and Bureau of Prisons. Arakelian holds over $1.5
million in federal contracts.



Learn more about OFCCP. If you think you may be a member of the affected class
during the investigative period, please visit the Class Member Locator. The
agency offers the Class Member Locator to identify applicants or workers who may
be entitled to monetary relief and/or consideration for job placement as a
result of OFCCP’s compliance evaluations and complaint investigations. 

In addition to Executive Order 11246, OFCCP enforces Section 503 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974.

Agency
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Date
June 4, 2024
Release Number
24-576-SAN
Media Contact: Michael Petersen
Phone Number
415-625-2630
Email
petersen.michael.w@dol.gov
Media Contact: Jose Carnevali
Phone Number
415-625-2631
Email
carnevali.jose@dol.gov
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