<ul><li>An Alabama-based security solutions firm will pay $1.6 million as part of a three-year consent decree to settle sex discrimination claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.</li><li>Security Engineers, Inc. allegedly engaged in discrimination by denying security officer jobs and assignments to women, despite their relevant experience.</li><li>The company's HR database directed staff not to schedule women for certain jobs and designated some jobs as 'male only'.</li><li>As part of the consent decree, Security Engineers must delete discriminatory internal directives and implement training, monitoring, and reporting.</li></ul>

‘Male only’ hiring instructions lead to $1.6M settlement

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