November 16, 2023
The US Justice Division stated Nov. 15 that it reached a $920,000 settlement settlement with staffing agency Kforce Inc. over allegations of bias in opposition to non-US residents with permission to work within the US.
Job ads that contained improper hiring restrictions concerning citizenship standing allegedly ran from March 2019 by February 2022, in line with the division. These allegedly harmed lawful everlasting residents and employees who had been granted asylum or refugee standing by deterring them from making use of for the job adverts.
Underneath the settlement, Kforce can pay $690,000 in civil penalties and put aside $230,000 to compensate affected employees, in line with the Division of Justice. The corporate should additionally prepare its staff on the Immigration and Nationality Act necessities, revise its employment insurance policies and be topic to departmental monitoring and reporting necessities.
In a be aware to SIA, Kforce stated it doesn’t touch upon authorized issues.
