On July 30, 2019, IER entered into a settlement agreement that resolves reasonable grounds for United General Bakery, Inc., d/b/a Upper Crust Bakery, a bakery supplier in Phoenix, Arizona, to have demonstrated a pattern or practice of unfair documentary practices in violation of 8 U.S.C. ยง 1324b(a)(6). The ERC investigation concluded that the company needed unnecessary non-U.S. citizens. Citizens, but not U.S. citizens in a similar situation, must present immigration documents issued by the DhS based on their citizenship status. Under the agreement, the bakery agreed to pay $45,000 in civil penalties, to undergo OER training on the INA`s anti-discrimination regulation, and to be reported and monitored by the ministry. On the 30th. In November 2012, the Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a settlement agreement with Gamewell Mechanical, Inc., a subsidiary of Woodfin Heating, Inc., based in Salisbury, North Carolina, settling allegations that the company had violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by firing three employees based on a false assumption. that they were undocumented foreigners when in fact they were American citizens. Under the settlement agreement, Gamewell Mechanical, Inc.
will pay a total of $10,560 in arrears to the three released U.S. citizens and $9,600 in U.S. civil penalties. Gamewell Mechanical will also train its human resources staff on employers` responsibilities to avoid discrimination in verifying eligibility for employment and to be subject to 18 months of reporting and compliance monitoring by the ministry. On April 20, 2018, the division signed a settlement agreement with Themesoft, Inc., which resolves a paid investigation into the Company`s hiring practices. The ministry`s investigation concluded that Themesoft, Inc. refused to consider a refugee claimant for employment because of his citizenship status. The ministry`s investigation also revealed that Themesoft, Inc.
asked the same applicant to provide a specific document to prove their citizenship status. The agreement provides that Themesoft, Inc. pays a civil fine of $4,543.25 in the United States, complies with its agreement to pay the claimant $12,000 in salary arrears, trains affected staff to avoid discrimination in verifying eligibility for employment, makes necessary policy changes, and is subject to ministry monitoring and reporting. On May 8, 2015, the Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that it had entered into a settlement agreement with The Data Entry Company, a federal government contractor, that dispelled the allegation that the respondent discriminated against the plaintiff when she refused to review her application for a contract position with DHS on the basis of her dual citizenship. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the respondent agreed to pay civil penalties of $750 and to pay the accused $7,007.75 in arrears. On June 11, 2019, IER signed a settlement agreement with Sam Williamson Farms, Inc. (“SWF”) that completed an independent investigation into whether the Company failed to consider U.S. workers for strawberry harvesting because of their citizenship status, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(1)(B).
The IER`s investigation concluded that SWF had informed its existing U.S. operations at the end of the 2016-2017 strawberry picking season. Workers who, in the future, would instead rely on workers with an H-2A visa from a farm contractor to collect their strawberries for the following season, and then retain the services of a farm contractor for the express purpose of obtaining workers with an H-2A visa. Strawberry picking stations were filled by more than 300 H-2A workers and no American workers. Under the agreement, SWF agreed to pay $60,000 in civil penalties in the U.S., provide up to $85,000 in arrears to U.S. workers, participate in increased recruitment efforts for U.S. workers, undergo RIA training on the INA`s anti-discrimination provision, and be subject to departmental reporting and oversight for three years. On the 21st.
In June 2010, the Department signed an agreement with Morton`s Restaurant and the Uneducated Party to resolve claims of discrimination based on citizenship status as part of the employment eligibility verification process based on an alleged tendency or practice of requesting certain documents from countries other than the United States. Citizens, but not the United States…