Top bar

About POGO's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)

The government awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations. In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances of misconduct, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is providing such data. We believe that it will lead to improved contracting decisions and public access to information about how the government spends hundreds of billions of taxpayer money each year on goods and services. Report an instance of misconduct »

BAE Systems

Discriminatory Employment Eligibility Verification Process

Date: 12/28/2011 (Date of Settlement Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $53,900

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: The Justice Department reached a settlement with BAE Systems Ship Repair Inc. to settle allegations that its subsidiary, BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama LLC, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination by imposing unnecessary and additional documentary requirements on non-U.S. citizens when establishing their eligibility to work in the United States. The government alleged that since at least January 1, 2009, BAE Southeast Alabama imposed different and greater requirements in the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process on lawful permanent residents as compared to U.S. citizen employees. BAE agreed to pay $53,900.