ABC reports that a nursing-service company is being sued by four women who allege that civil right violations occurred.
“Accord employs a policy of illegal discrimination in the hiring and placement of its home healthcare employees for the express purpose of accommodating the illegal preferences of its clients,” the lawsuit alleges.
Accord has denied the allegations.
The lawsuit alleges that Accord “routinely declined to place nurses and nurse aides they described as ‘too black’ or ‘too foreign’ or ‘too old.’”
Tracee Goodman, one of the plaintiffs, worked in human resources at Accord for more than two years. Administrators routinely asked her about the race and age of applicants, giving preference to white applicants, she told ABC News.