Deloitte and four affiliated entities have agreed to pay the federal government $21.5 million to resolve allegations involving employment decisions based on race and sex while the companies performed work under federal contracts.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement on August 25, saying the allegations involve Deloitte’s hiring, promotion, staffing and employee-development practices dating from 2017 to the present. The case was pursued under the False Claims Act through the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which launched in May 2025.
