Amtex Systems Incorporated, an IT staffing and recruiting firm based in New York City, has agreed to settle claims it discriminated against American workers because company clients wanted workers with temporary visas.
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the agreement, which followed from a US citizen filing a discrimination complaint with the DoJ’s Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER).
“IT staffing agencies cannot unlawfully exclude applicants or impose additional burdens because of someone’s citizenship or immigration status,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a statement. “The Civil Rights Division is committed to enforcing the law to ensure that job applicants, including US workers, are protected from unlawful discrimination.”
Companies may seek out workers under temporary work visas because they cost less to employ. “H-2B employers like the H-2B program because they are legally permitted to pay H-2B workers less than similarly situated US workers,” explained Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute, in written testimony [PDF] presented to a Senate subcommittee in 2016.
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DOJ SETTLEMENT
Amtex Systems Incorporated, an IT staffing and recruiting firm based in New York City, has agreed to settle claims it discriminated against American workers because company clients wanted workers with temporary visas.
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the agreement, which followed from a US citizen filing a discrimination complaint with the DoJ’s Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER).
“IT staffing agencies cannot unlawfully exclude applicants or impose additional burdens because of someone’s citizenship or immigration status,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a statement. “The Civil Rights Division is committed to enforcing the law to ensure that job applicants, including US workers, are protected from unlawful discrimination.”
Companies may seek out workers under temporary work visas because they cost less to employ. “H-2B employers like the H-2B program because they are legally permitted to pay H-2B workers less than similarly situated US workers,” explained Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute, in written testimony [PDF] presented to a Senate subcommittee in 2016.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/19/it_visa_discrimination/