EMP Trust HR has released version 31 of E-Verify, as well as updates to the Electronic Form I-9.
Gaithersburg, MD [June 14, 2022 ] – EMP Trust HR, a leading provider of employee onboarding, Electronic I-9, and E-Verify software for medium and large businesses, announced today that its onboarding software has been updated by releasing version 31 of E-verify as well as updates to the Form I-9. E-Verify is a USCIS Internet tool […]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against California Bakery Over Discrimination Against Foreign-Born Worker
The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with a bakery with two stores in the San Francisco Bay Area.  The settlement resolves allegations that the bakery violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by engaging in discriminatory documentary practices. Specifically, the Justice Department’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices […]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement to Resolve Claim of Citizenship Status Hiring Discrimination in Waterloo, Iowa
The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the city of Waterloo, Iowa, resolving allegations that the city violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department initiated its investigation after a charge was filed by a work-authorized, lawful permanent resident alleging that the city refused to […]
Ohio restaurant owners, managers indicted for hiring illegal workers
A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment charging six people for their roles in a conspiracy to hire illegal workers at a chain of restaurants in Stark and Summit counties and pay them less than minimum wage and sometimes only in tips. The indictments are the result of a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration […]
Justice Department and San Francisco Restaurant Settle Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim
The Justice Department today reached an agreement with a restaurant in San Francisco resolving claims that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In a charge filed with the department, a work-authorized immigrant alleged, and the department found, that the restaurant improperly rejected valid work-authorization documents when re-verifying her […]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Arapahoe, Colo., Sheriff’s Office to Resolve Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Arapahoe County, Colo. Office of the Sheriff resolving allegations that the Office of the Sheriff violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The investigation was initiated based on information obtained in the course of a lawsuit filed by […]
Eastern Kansas restaurant manager indicted for harboring illegal aliens
A restaurant manager in eastern Kansas was indicted in federal court Friday on nine counts related to hiring and harboring illegal aliens for his business. This indictment resulted from a criminal investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The owner of the restaurant is charged with four counts of harboring […]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a staffing company based in Troy, Mich., resolving an allegation of discrimination based on citizenship status during the employment eligibility re-verification process at one of its branch locations in Schaumburg, Ill. The department’s investigation concluded that the services terminated the individual’s employment during the employment eligibility […]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-related Discrimination Claim
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a company resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it rejected a work-authorized individual’s Department of Homeland Security-issued Employment Authorization Document (EAD), and required her to produce a Permanent Resident Card (commonly known as […]