Garnier, Adecco in the Dock for “Racist Recruitment Campaign”

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BBC: The French cosmetics company, Garnier, and Swiss employment agency Adecco have been found guilty of carrying out a racist recruitment campaign in 2000.

A French appeals court overturned an earlier acquittal and ruled both companies had colluded to find only white women to sell make-up in Paris.

They were fined 30,000 euros ($40,865) and a former Adecco employee was given a three-month suspended jail sentence.
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