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Real Time Staffing Services LLC, doing business as Select Staffing, will pay $230,000 in civil penalties to resolve claims the staffing company engaged in citizenship status discrimination, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
The Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company will also create a $35,000 back pay fund to compensate individuals who may have lost wages due to the company’s practices. Additionally, the company will undergo training on the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and certain Select Staffing branches will be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements for three years.
An investigation found members of the company’s staff required work-authorized non-U.S. citizens — but not U.S. citizens — to present specific documents during the employment eligibility verification process to establish their work authority, according to the Department of Justice. The Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from placing additional documentary burdens on work-authorized employees during the employment eligibility verification process based on their citizenship status or national origin.
“The Civil Rights Division is committed to protecting work-authorized individuals from discriminatory practices in the employment eligibility verification process,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Molly Moran for the Civil Rights Division. “We commend Select Staffing for working cooperatively with the division to resolve this matter.”