Federal cable, telecommunications contractor to pay $80K to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at Hauppauge, New York, facility

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor announced its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with a federal provider of cable and telecommunications services to resolve allegations of gender-based hiring discrimination at the company’s Hauppauge facilities.

The agreement follows a routine OFCCP compliance evaluation that preliminarily found that, from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2017, CSC Holdings Inc. discriminated against female job applicants applying for account executive residential positions. OFCCP determined the company’s actions at this location violated Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

“Our conciliation agreement with CSC Holdings Inc. signifies the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ commitment to resolving discrimination issues and ensuring equal opportunity for wage earners in New York and New Jersey,” said Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Northeast Regional Director Diana Sen in New York.

To resolve the alleged hiring discrimination, CSC Holdings Inc. has agreed to pay the female job applicants $80,000 in back pay and interest.

View the conciliation agreement.

CSC Holdings Inc. is a communications and media company that provides cable and telecommunications services, including internet protection, Wi-Fi hotspots, router, mobile TV application, cable boxes and mobile data services. CSC Holdings’ Hauppauge facility employs salespeople in direct sales positions. Since 2016, the company has held more than $557,820 in federal contracts to provide cable and telecommunications services to the departments of Veteran Affairs and the Air Force.

OFCCP launched the Class Member Locator to identify applicants or workers who may be entitled to monetary relief and/or consideration for job placement because of OFCCP’s compliance evaluations and complaint investigations. If you think you may be a class member who applied for an account executive residential position with CSC Holdings Inc. at its Hauppauge, NY facility during the investigative period, please use OFCCP’s Class Member Locator to learn more about this and other settlements.

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. Together, these laws prohibit employment discrimination.