Vegas taxi firm ordered to pay $445K discrimination fine
The owners of Southern Nevada’s second-largest taxi company will pay a $445,000 fine to settle a discrimination suit.
Operators of Yellow Checker Star Transportation also will be required to place print advertisements in a monthly trade publication for six non-consecutive months advising employees of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, undergo monitoring for three years and train employees on the law’s anti-discrimination provision.
A Justice Department investigation found that YCS violated the act by requiring non-U.S. citizens who have work cards, but not their citizen counterparts, to present additional documentation to prove their employment eligibility.
The law’s anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from placing additional burdens on work-authorized employees during the hiring and employment eligibility verification process because of their citizenship status or national origin.
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, which conducted the investigation, is responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination provision of the law. The provision protects work-authorized individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of citizenship status or national origin, including discrimination in hiring, firing and the employment eligibility verification process.
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