The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair
Employment Practices ("OSC") investigates charges of job discrimination
related to an individual's immigration status or national
origin.
The three categories of discrimination are:
- Citizenship status discrimination--when
individuals are rejected for employment or fired because
they are or are not U.S. citizens or because of their immigration
status or type of work authorization. U.S. citizens, permanent
residents, temporary residents, asylees and refugees are
protected from citizenship status discrimination.
- National origin discrimination--when
individuals are rejected for employment or fired based on
their place of birth, country of origin, ancestry, native
language, accent or because they are perceived as looking
or sounding "foreign." All work authorized individuals are
protected from national origin discrimination. OSC has this
jurisdiction over smaller employers, not covered by the
EEOC.
- Document abuse discrimination--when employers
request more or different documents than are required to
verify employment eligibility and identity, reject reasonably
genuine-looking documents or specify certain documents over
others. All work authorized individuals are protected from
document abuse.
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