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National Origin Discrimination Job Applicants Employment Litigation

Fisher Phillips

New Litigation Danger as Employees Claim Green Card Favoritism: Why “PERM” Non-compliance Could Now Mean Legal Peril

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Discrimination claims are rising against employers accused of favoring foreign national workers over US workers, and several federal agencies are also joining in this new enforcement trend that should cause you to review your...more

Cozen O'Connor

Is It Illegal To Consider A Foreign Accent When Evaluating Candidates For a Customer-Service Job?

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Yes, unless the candidate’s language skills would clearly interfere with their ability to do the job. Amidst all of the current controversy concerning immigration in the United States, the experience of immigrants in the...more

McAfee & Taft

Judge: Interview questions about relocating from Puerto Rico do not amount to bias

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On May 13, 2019, a federal judge in Muskogee, Oklahoma, ruled against a plaintiff who alleged that that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denied her a job as a physician because she was a woman and was from Puerto Rico....more

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