If
an Office of Special Counsel for Unfair
Employment-Related Discrimination (OSC) or
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
investigation reveals employment
discrimination covered by the Immigration
and Nationality Act, the employer will be
ordered to cease the prohibited practice
and may be ordered to take one or more of
the following steps:
•Hire
or reinstate, with or without back pay,
individuals directly injured by the
discrimination;
•Lift
any restrictions on an employee’s
assignments, work shifts, or movements;
•Post
notices to employees about their rights
and about employers’ obligations;
•Educate
all personnel involved in hiring and in
complying with the employer sanctions
and anti-discrimination laws;
•Remove
a false performance review or false
warning from an employee’s personnel
file.
Employers
may also be ordered to pay civil monetary
penalties of $250 - $2,000 per individual
discriminated against for the first
offense, $2,000 - $5,000 per
individual discriminated against for the second
offense, $3,000 - $10,000 per
individual discriminated against for subsequent
offenses.
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