GFL Environmental subsidiaries in Georgia are about to finalize a “a consent decree meant to end a workplace discrimination lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” The lawsuit, filed in September 2023, claimed that GFL, along with subsidiaries Waste Industries U.S.A, Waste Industries Atlanta and TransWaste Services, would habitually refuse to hire qualified women applicants for truck driving positions. According to the lawsuit, the companies instead sourced the positions to less qualified male applicants.
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