DOJ, UPS Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims

U.S. Department of Justice and UPS reached a settlement resolving the department’s claims that UPS violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by asking a non-U.S. citizen with permanent resident status for additional documents to prove his permission to work after he had already provided sufficient proof.

• UPS asked for the additional documents after getting a data entry error notification from the propriety software program the company uses to access E-Verify and verify workers’ permission to work. When UPS received the notification, the company asked the worker for additional documents instead of checking for a simple data entry error, as the ...