By The Diary
Aug 26, 2024, 8:31 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Breakthrough Fuel, LLC, a transportation management company with nationwide operations, to resolve a discrimination lawsuit after it withdrew a job offer to an immigrant who was not a U.S. citizen.
According to the investigation, Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Breakthrough Fuel used an outside staffing agency to fill a vacancy.
However, upon learning that the selected candidate was not a US citizen, the company decided to withdraw the job offer, even though the person had a valid permit to work in the country.
The Justice Department concluded that the company had no legal justification for withdrawing the offer based on the candidate’s immigration status.
This action violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which protects individuals authorized to work in the United States from discrimination based on their citizenship status.
Laws against workplace discrimination
Kristen Clarke, a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, stressed the importance of complying with laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
“Employers cannot unlawfully exclude individuals authorized to work in the United States because of their citizenship status,” Clarke said in a statement.
As part of the settlement, Breakthrough Fuel has agreed to provide monetary compensation to the affected immigrant based on the wages he lost due to the withdrawal of the job offer.
Additionally, the company will pay a fine and take steps to prevent future violations. These steps include training its employees on the anti-discrimination requirements of immigration law, reviewing and updating its employment policies, and agreeing to supervision by the Department of Justice for a specified period.
The resolution of the case not only seeks to repair the harm caused to the affected worker, but also to ensure that Breakthrough Fuel and other companies comply with the laws that protect all workers, regardless of their immigration status.
With information from EFE.
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