Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Staffing Company

The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Adecco USA Inc. (Adecco), one of the largest staffing companies in the United States. The settlement resolves a claim that Adecco’s Gardena, California office violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against a lawful permanent resident and other work-authorized non-U.S. citizens when verifying their work authorization. The settlement also resolves allegations that when using employment eligibility verification (EEV) software, the company requested unnecessary work authorization documents from non-U.S. citizens because of their citizenship status.