OpenAI Pays $3.2 Million In US Probe Over Hiring Foreign Workers
OpenAI and Statsig have agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle US Justice Department allegations of hiring discrimination against American workers. The government claimed the companies favored foreign visa holders and discouraged US citizens from applying for certain roles.
Why it matters
This settlement underscores the US government's increasing scrutiny of tech companies' hiring practices regarding foreign labor and visa programs.
OpenAI and a subsidiary will pay $3.2 million to settle US government claims that they favored foreign workers with temporary employment visas and discriminated against US job applicants in recruiting and hiring, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.The Justice Department in a release said that OpenAI and Statsig, which makes product development software, recruited foreign workers for some open positions and took various steps to discourage US workers from applying. That included requiring them to mail paper applications instead of submitting electronic ones, advertising jobs on the radio late at night, and not posting the openings on an external website, the Justice Department said. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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