PRINCE GEORGE, Va. (AP) — Plane elements producer Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay $135,000 to 26 ladies who weren’t chosen for machine working roles on the its manufacturing unit in Virginia.

Underneath the federal settlement, the corporate will give again pay plus curiosity to ladies who utilized to its manufacturing facility in Prince George, and likewise present jobs to 4 of the ladies, the U.S. Division of Labor’s Workplace of Federal Contract Compliance Applications introduced Tuesday.

The federal company mentioned a “compliance analysis” confirmed that the federal contractor discriminated towards the feminine candidates, who had utilized for the roles in 2017.

The corporate has denied wrongdoing. They mentioned in an announcement Wednesday that “no confirmed findings have been assessed,” and that they’re “totally compliant underneath the legislation.”

“We’re keen to start the essential work of strengthening our hiring practices,” the corporate mentioned, including that the allegations raised within the company’s evaluation “have been particular to 1 job classification at one facility, and relate to hiring in 2017 solely,” the Richmond Occasions-Dispatch reported.

British-based Rolls-Royce has its North American headquarters in Reston, Virginia. They introduced in August that they are going to shut the Prince George County manufacturing unit by the center of subsequent 12 months as a consequence of a decline in world journey in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

About 280 jobs will probably be misplaced when the manufacturing unit closes.