Bank of America to pay millions for discriminating against black job applicants Bank of America has been ordered to pay over $2 million in a discrimination suit. The US Department of Labor has ordered Bank of America to pay black job applicants more than $A2.13 million in back wages and interest to settle a discrimination case. A statement from the agency said the Charlotte-based bank applied unfair and inconsistent selection criteria, leading to the rejection of qualified black applicants for teller and entry-level clerical and administrative positions. The decision affects 1,147 applicants. It awards a total of US$964,033 to 1,034 applicants who were rejected for jobs in 1993 and $US1,217,560 to 113 individuals who were rejected between 2002 and 2005. Labor Department administrative law Judge Linda S Chapman rejected the bank's arguments for a lower award on the grounds that they could not make use of missing records that they had failed to keep.