Honda Will Pay $6 Million to Blacks, Women for Bias

Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. will pay $6 million to 370 blacks and women who were not hired between 1983 and 1986, in a settlement of a federal discrimination investigation, the parties announced today.

“The five-year agreement resolves an investigation of systemic discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman Clarence Thomas said in a statement.

“It provides $6 million in monetary relief and seniority adjustments to approximately 370 specifically identified black and female individuals who applied for jobs at Honda between 1983 and 1986,” he said.

The settlement of the investigation begun in September, 1984, also provides that Honda will employ all the back-pay recipients.