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The U.S. Department of Labor says Salisbury-based Perdue Farms will pay more than $800,000 for failing to comply with federal employment laws at three poultry processing plants. Authorities concluded Perdue’s hiring practices systematically discriminated against more than 5,000 non-Hispanic job applicants. Under an agreement with the Labor Department, Perdue will pay back wages and interest to the applicants and hire more than 750 non-Hispanics into laborer positions. The hired workers will receive retroactive service dates for their promotion rights and benefit calculations. The plants involved are in
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