CUPERTINO — Apple has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a sample of discriminatory hiring practices when filling a few of its jobs throughout 2018 and 2019.

The deal introduced Thursday resolved a prolonged investigation by the Division of Justice into alleged violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Federal regulators mentioned an inquiry that started in 2019 decided that Apple’s hiring practices discriminated towards U.S. candidates for jobs that had been awarded to some immigrant employees in search of to be granted everlasting resident standing within the nation. In some situations, Apple additionally discriminated towards non-U.S. residents, based on the settlement.

Apple vehemently denied any wrongdoing within the formal seven-page settlement defended its hiring document in a press release to The Related Press.

“Apple proudly employs greater than 90,000 folks in the US and continues to take a position nationwide, creating tens of millions of jobs,” the Cupertino firm mentioned. “After we realized we had unintentionally not been following the DOJ normal, we agreed to a settlement addressing their considerations.”

The $25 million represents a paltry quantity for Apple, which generated $383 billion in income throughout its final fiscal 12 months ending Sept. 30. Many of the settlement quantity — $18.25 million — shall be funneled right into a fund to compensate victims of Apple’s alleged discrimination. The remainder of the cash covers the advantageous that Apple is paying for its hiring practices in the course of the timeframe lined within the settlement.