Additionally, SpringShine will train relevant staff and submit to monitoring. The settlement requires SpringShine to pay civil penalties and ensure that its current and future job postings do not include any preference for or targeting of applicants who are non-U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees from applying for the employment opportunities. IER concluded that SpringShine placed an advertisement which by its plain language was directed only to workers seeking H-1B visa sponsorship, which unlawfully deterred U.S. 1324b(a)(1)(B) when it solicited applications for employment opportunities only from individuals seeking sponsorship for temporary work visas. workers based on their citizenship status in violation of 8 U.S.C.
to resolve IER’s reasonable cause finding that the company discriminated against U.S. On June 23, 2022, IER signed a settlement agreement with SpringShine Consulting, Inc. SpringShine Consulting (Citizenship Status) June 2022 SimpleNexus, LLC, f/k/a L Brewer and Associates, LLC, d/b/a LBA Ware The settlements require the 16 employers to pay civil penalties totaling $832,944 in civil penalties, as listed below, and each must undergo training and change its recruiting practices to avoid future discriminatory postings: In addition to publicizing the unlawful restrictions in the advertisements, the platforms excluded students who did not meet the criteria from equal consideration by preventing them from applying for certain positions and engaging with employers in other ways. Many of the employers also posted unlawful and discriminatory advertisements on other college job recruitment platforms.
Most of the advertisements restricted job opportunities to U.S. The settlements resolve IER’s reasonable cause findings that each employer discriminated against college students by posting at least one unlawful job advertisement on job recruitment platforms used by the Georgia Institute of Technology including a citizenship status restriction. KPMG LLP SimpleNexus, LLC, f/k/a L Brewer and Associates, LLC, d/b/a LBA Ware The Royster Group, Inc. CONMED Edward Jones Investments Keyot LLC KNAPP Inc. Blackbaud CapTech Clarkston-Potomac Group Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. On June 27, 2022, IER signed settlement agreements with 16 employers that posted job advertisements with unlawful citizenship status restrictions: Akuna Capital American Express Company Area-I Inc. Settlements with 16 Employers (Listed Below) That Used Georgia Institute of Technology’s Job Recruitment Platforms (Citizenship Status) June 2022 The settlement requires Technology Hub’s employees and agents to undergo training, pay a $12,000 civil penalty, revise its policies and procedures, and undergo monitoring for three years to ensure compliance. workers when it advertised a job seeking only H-1B visa workers. IER also concluded that on at least one occasion Technology Hub discriminated against U.S. nationals when advertising certain vacancies for only U.S. IER’s investigation concluded that Technology Hub excluded asylees, refugees and U.S. 1324b(a)(1), when it posted online job advertisements that were facially discriminatory, excluding certain categories of protected individuals from consideration. On July 1, 2022, IER signed a settlement agreement with Technology Hub, Inc., to resolve IER’s reasonable cause finding that the company committed citizenship status discrimination, in violation of 8 U.S.C. Settlement Press Release Settlement Agreement The settlement agreement requires Olivarez Harvesting to pay the Charging Parties back pay for the missed work opportunity, pay a civil penalty to the United States, post notices informing workers of their rights, and undergo training and reporting and monitoring requirements. The company then employed only H-2A workers to do the higher-paying harvesting jobs. IER’s investigation found that the company initially offered the Charging Parties crop harvesting jobs, but then falsely told them that the harvesting work was no longer available and instead offered them warehouse packing jobs with a lower hourly wage. citizens) based on their citizenship status in violation of 8 U.S.C.
Olivarez Harvesting, LLC (Olivarez Harvesting) to resolve IER’s reasonable cause finding that the company discriminated against the Charging Parties (both U.S. On August 24, 2022, IER signed a settlement agreement with A. Olivarez Harvesting, LLC (Citizenship Status) August 2022
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