A US-based IT recruitment company has been hit with a fine of USD 25,500 for allegedly posting discriminatory job advertisements and seeking job applications only from India, reports The Economic Times. The US Justice Department said it has secured a settlement agreement with Infosoft Solutions Inc, the IT recruiting and contracting company operating as KForce Tech LLC. Update: This company is not related to Kforce Inc. based in Tampa, Florida. 

 The settlement resolves the department's determination that Infosoft violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting six discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only from non-US citizens who needed visa sponsorship and, in one case, also sought applicants only from India.

One of the six advertisements also required the candidates to be from India. In doing so, the company deterred workers with permission to work in the United States without sponsorship (such as asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents, US nationals and citizens) from applying to the job advertisements and being fairly considered for the employment opportunities. In doing so, the company deterred workers with permission to work in the United States without sponsorship (such as asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents, US nationals and citizens) from applying to the job advertisements and being fairly considered for the employment opportunities.

Under the settlement, Infosoft will pay USD 25,500 in civil penalties to the US. The agreement also requires the company to train its recruiters on the INA's requirements, revise its employment policies and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.