‘The days of using federal funds to further discrimination are over’: IBM to pay $17 million in first-of-its-kind ‘Civil Rights Fraud Initiative’ settlement – Trump administration anti-DEI push seeks to strip businesses of ‘inherently divisive policies’

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• IBM will pay $17 million in a settlement with the US government
• The government alleged that IBM pursued discriminatory DEI policies
• IBM said it was taking measures to remove DEI policies while also denying it had any

IBM is set to pay over $17 million in a settlement after the Trump administration claimed the firm had discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

The settlement is the first successful claim made under the ‘Civil Rights Fraud Initiative’, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has claimed.

The total payment includes civil penalties and $8.2 million in restitution to the government.

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