Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices

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The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices was a U.S. Department of Justice office responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination based on citizenship status or national origin in hiring, firing, and recruitment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government office ⓘ
civil rights enforcement agency ⓘ
appliesTo employers in the United States with 4 or more employees for citizenship status discrimination ⓘ
employers in the United States with between 4 and 14 employees for national origin discrimination ⓘ
canSeek back pay for victims of immigration-related employment discrimination ⓘ
cease-and-desist orders against discriminatory practices ⓘ
civil penalties against employers that violate 8 U.S.C. § 1324b ⓘ
hiring or reinstatement remedies for victims of discrimination ⓘ
collaboratesWith Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ
employerCoverage most public employers except for certain federal agencies ⓘ
private employers with 4 or more employees for citizenship status discrimination ⓘ
private employers with between 4 and 14 employees for national origin discrimination ⓘ
recruitment and referral agencies for a fee ⓘ
enforces 8 U.S.C. § 1324b ⓘ
anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
federal prohibitions on citizenship status discrimination in hiring and firing ⓘ
federal prohibitions on national origin discrimination in hiring and firing ⓘ
federal prohibitions on retaliation and intimidation related to asserting immigration-related employment rights ⓘ
federal prohibitions on unfair documentary practices in the employment eligibility verification process ⓘ
focusesOn discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment or referral for a fee ⓘ
discriminatory employment eligibility verification practices ⓘ
employment discrimination based on citizenship status ⓘ
employment discrimination based on national origin within its statutory coverage ⓘ
retaliation against individuals who assert immigration-related employment rights ⓘ
handles charges alleging retaliation for asserting rights under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b ⓘ
charges alleging unfair documentary practices in Form I-9 verification ⓘ
charges filed by individuals alleging discrimination based on citizenship status ⓘ
charges filed by individuals alleging discrimination based on national origin within its jurisdiction ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ
Title II of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ
litigatesBefore Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith U.S. Office of Special Counsel ⓘ
partOf Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
protects U.S. citizens ⓘ
asylees ⓘ
recent lawful permanent residents ⓘ
refugees ⓘ
renamedAs Immigrant and Employee Rights Section ⓘ
responsibility conducting outreach and education to employers and workers about immigration-related employment discrimination ⓘ
investigating charges of immigration-related unfair employment practices ⓘ
prosecuting employers that engage in immigration-related unfair employment practices ⓘ
successor Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division ⓘ

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Immigrant and Employee Rights Section → formerName → Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices ⓘ
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section → worksWith → Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (historical continuity) ⓘ
linked to: Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section → formerName → Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices ⓘ
subject linked to: IER