Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel represented Facebook as it agreed to pay up to $14 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department suit alleging that the company discriminated against U.S. workers in its use of a federal program to set aside positions for immigrant employees.
The DOJ’s civil rights division alleged in a lawsuit filed last December that Facebook routinely refused to recruit and consider U.S. workers for positions it reserved for temporary visa holders. Facebook used a Department of Labor program that allows companies to permanently hire foreign workers, but requires employers to ensure that there aren’t qualified, available U.S. workers to fill those positions.
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