Sprint Corp. has agreed to pay $558,650 to resolve claims from the U.S. Labor Department that the telecommunications company’s hiring practices discriminated against African American and female applicants for positions at a now-shuttered facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

The financial agreement between Sprint and the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or OFCCP, includes compensation for back pay and interest to eligible class members. The agreement, part of a regulatory investigation and not a court case, was signed in late August.

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