DOJ Reaches Settlement with Staffing Agency for Discrimination Against Noncitizens
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Selective Personnel Inc. (SPI), a California staffing agency. The DOJ had determined that SPI’s predecessor business entity, South Bay Safety (SBS), violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by regularly discriminating against non-U.S. citizens when checking their permission to work in the U.S. SBS was found to have required non-U.S. citizens to present specific types of documentation reflecting their immigration status to prove their permission to work while U.S. citizens were permitted to present any acceptable document as itemized on the list of acceptable documents. SPI was determined to be a successor in interest to SBS and liable for the violations. Per the settlement agreement, SPI will pay civil penalties, train employees on the INA’s requirements, revise its employment policies, and be subject to departmental monitoring.