Cerner agrees to pay $1.8M in racial discrimination allegation


Cerner Corp.'s hiring practices were recently in hot water, as the U.S. Department of Labor accused the firm of racial discrimination.

After routine compliance reviews, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that Cerner "systematically discriminated against qualified Black and Asian applicants," according to a Tuesday release.

The review stated that the company's five locations in Missouri and Kansas — including Cerner Oaks and Cerner Innovations Campus in…

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