WASHINGTON (AP) — Baltimore County has agreed to pay $475,000 to settle a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of employees who said they were made to undergo overly broad and unnecessary medical examinations that had nothing to do with their jobs.

The settlement, announced Tuesday, resolves a lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department that accused the county of discrimination and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The county has agreed to make payments between $5,000 and $75,000 to 10 workers and job applicants or their surviving family members, but maintains that its policies are legal and crafted to make sure that employees are physically fit to do their jobs.