{"id":2579,"date":"2014-04-22T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2014-04-22T22:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T05:48:34","slug":"seattle-company-agrees-settle-job-related-discrimination-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=2579","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Company Agrees to Settle Job-Related Discrimination Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2583\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SK-Food-Group2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2583\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SK-Food-Group2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: SKFoodGroup.com\" width=\"275\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: SKFoodGroup.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0The federal government reached an agreement today with <a title=\"SK Food Group Web Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skfoodgroup.com\/\">SK Food Group Inc,<\/a> a company based in Seattle, that resolved claims that the business required work-authorized, non-U.S. to produce specific Homeland Security documents to get jobs while not making similar demands of U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>These practices are prohibited under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>SK must pay $40,500 in penalties, the U.S. Justice Department states.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEmployers cannot create discriminatory obstacles for work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in the employment eligibility verification process,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division. \u201cIn this case, we commend the company for its full cooperation during the investigation and for its efforts to address and resolve the deficiencies in its employment eligibility verification process.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the agreement, SK Food, which was founded in 1943, must also do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify and provide back pay to any individuals who suffered lost wages as a result of the company\u2019s alleged discriminatory documentary practices.<\/li>\n<li>Undergo training on the anti-discrimination provision of federal law.<\/li>\n<li>Agree to monitoring of its employment eligibility verification practices for a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNo one who is legally authorized to work in the United States should be denied that opportunity based on suspicion or stereotypes,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. 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