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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SECURES AGREEMENT WITH WORLDWIDE STAFFING AGENCY TO RESOLVE
CLAIMS OF HIRING DISCRIMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES

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Thursday, June 20, 2024
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The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement
agreement with eTeam Inc. (eTeam), an online staffing agency that provides
services to companies throughout the United States and around the world. The
agreement resolves the department’s determination that eTeam discriminated
against non-U.S. citizens with permission to work in the United States by
excluding them from job opportunities based on their citizenship or immigration
status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

“Staffing companies cannot engage in hiring and recruiting practices that
unlawfully exclude or deter people with permission to work in the United States
because of their citizenship or immigration status,” said Assistant Attorney
General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The
Justice Department will continue to hold companies accountable for engaging in
practices that create barriers to employment, in violation of our nation’s
federal civil rights laws.”

The Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER)’s
investigation found that during various months in 2021, eTeam regularly
distributed job advertisements that contained unlawful hiring restrictions based
on citizenship status or otherwise screened out candidates based on their
citizenship status. These actions harmed lawful permanent residents and
individuals granted asylum or refugee status by deterring them from applying to
the job advertisements and failing to meaningfully consider those who did apply.

Under the terms of the settlement, eTeam will pay $232,500 in civil penalties to
the United States and set aside $325,000 to compensate affected workers. The
agreement also requires eTeam to train its personnel on the INA’s requirements,
revise its employment policies and be subject to departmental monitoring and
reporting requirements.

IER is responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination provision of the INA.
Among other things, the statute generally prohibits discrimination based on
citizenship status and national origin in hiring, firing or recruitment or
referral for a fee; unfair documentary practices; retaliation and intimidation. 

Find more information on how employers can avoid discrimination in recruiting
and hiring on IER’s website. Learn more about IER’s work and how to get
assistance through this brief video. Applicants or employees who believe they
were discriminated against based on their citizenship, immigration status or
national origin in hiring, firing, recruitment or during the employment
eligibility verification process (Form I-9 and E-Verify) or subjected to
retaliation, may file a charge. The public can also call IER’s worker hotline at
1-800-255-7688 (1-800-237-2515, TTY for hearing impaired); call IER’s employer
hotline at 1-800-255-8155 (1-800-237-2515, TTY for hearing impaired); sign up
for a live webinar or watch an on-demand presentation; email IER@usdoj.gov; or
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Updated June 20, 2024

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