French Rail Ordered to Pay 150 Million Euros in Bias Case
The French railway company SNCF was found guilty of employee discrimination and now faces a fine of 150 million euros. 800 former and current Moroccan employees of SNCF filed a case against the company claiming that they were not permitted to be a part of the railwayman contract, a contract that SNCF only allowed european employees to take part in. The court ruled that the company had to pay approximately 200,000 euros for every employee Moroccan employee.
See "French Rail Ordered to Pay 150 Million Euros in Bias Case", September 21, 2015