Recruiting Platforms Put Employers at Risk of Unintentional Bias

Employers using online recruiting platforms risk running afoul of immigration law, as the Justice Department has taken a new focus on hiring discrimination against non-citizens.

As of last week, 20 companies have settled with the DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section over the alleged bias, including such big names as Walmart Inc., CarMax Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., and KPMG LLP.

The companies all posted advertisements on a Georgia Institute of Technology job recruiting platform that the agency found discriminated against non-citizen applicants by illegally indicating that US citizenship was a requirement for the position. ...