Worker Information

Please note that as of January 18, 2017, the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices has been renamed the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER).

IER Outreach
IER Publications
IER Posters

IER Outreach

The Immigrant and Employee Rights Section's (IER) outreach and education program is aimed at helping employers and workers understand the anti-discrimination provision of the INA. IER’s staff is available to participate in seminars, conferences, as well as to meet with staff of legal services providers and immigrant advocacy groups. To invite an IER staff member to present to an audience of worker representatives or workers, please contact IER’s Public Affairs staff at IER@usdoj.gov or by phone at (202) 616-5594.

IER Publications for Workers/Advocates

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Flyer (also in Spanish): A Know Your Rights flyer geared toward workers with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and their advocates.
EEOC v. IER Comparison Flyer: A chart that shows the differences between the jurisdictions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), formerly the Office of Special Counsel.
Employment Rights and Resources for Refugees and Asylees: A flyer discussing asylees' and refugees' employment rights and how to get help.
E-Verify Advocate Flyer: A fyler to assist advocates in identifying possible E-Verify-related discrimination.
E-Verify Know Your Rights Flyer (also in Spanish, Arabic, Eastern Punjabi, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese, Western Punjabi): A brief overview of how E-Verify works and how to seek help for possible E-Verify-related discrimination.
Fact Patterns Flyer: A flyer with scenarios showing discrimination prohibited by the anti-discrimination provision of the INA.
Joint DOJ-DOL-NLRB-EEOC Fact Sheet: Retaliation Based on Exercise of Workplace Rights Is Unlawful (also in Arabic, Creole, French, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese): Jointly issued guidance outlining protections from retaliation under various workplace laws.
Jurisdiction Overview Flyer: An overview of IER's jurisdiction under the anti-discrimination provision of the INA.
Know Your Rights Flyer (also in Spanish, Arabic, Eastern Punjabi, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese, Western Punjabi): An overview explaining how to identify possible discrimination under the INA's anti-discrimination provision and how to get help.
Name and Social Security Number (SSN) "No-Match" Information for Employees (also in Spanish, Arabic, Eastern Punjabi, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese, Western Punjabi): A document that includes a Q&A explaining possible causes for receiving a Social Security Number no-match, how to respond, and how to get help.
IER-EEOC Immigrant Worker Flyer (also in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Filipino, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese): A flyer geared toward directing immigrant workers to the right agency for addressing claims of employment discrimination.
IER Naturalization Flyer (also in Spanish): A document outlining basic information about immigration-related employment discrimination for naturalizing citizens and their ceremony guests.
Refugee/Asylee Flyer (also in Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Farsi, French, Kayah, Nepali, Russian, Sgaw Karen, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya): A guide on Form I-9 issues specific to refugees and asylees and how to get help if any employer engages in immigration-related employment discrimination.
Temporary Protected Status (for workers from any country) (also in Spanish): A flyer explaining the rights of workers with TPS and DED and how to get help for possible discrimination.
Temporary Protected Status (for workers from El Salvador) (also in Spanish): A flyer explaining the rights of workers with Salvadoran TPS in a question and answer format and how to get help for possible discrimination.
Worker Webinar Announcement Flyer (also in Spanish): An invitation to a one-hour free webinar that will teach you about your rights as a worker, including how to identify potential discrimination and how to get help.