Sec. 3105. Improved prohibition on discrimination based on national origin or citizenship status
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Section 274B(a) ( 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a) ) is amended to read as follows: It is an unfair immigration-related employment practice for a person, other entity, or employment agency, to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien defined in section 274A(b)) because of such individual’s national origin or citizenship status, with respect to the following: The hiring of the individual for employment. The verification of the individual’s eligibility to work in the United States. The discharging of the individual from employment. Paragraph
(1)shall not apply to the following: A person, other entity, or employer that employs 3 or fewer employees, except for an employment agency. A person’s or entity’s discrimination because of an individual’s national origin if the discrimination with respect to that employer, person, or entity and that individual is covered under section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–2 ), unless the discrimination is related to an individual’s verification of employment authorization. Discrimination because of citizenship status which— is otherwise required in order to comply with a provision of Federal, State, or local law related to law enforcement; is required by Federal Government contract; or the Secretary or Attorney General determines to be essential for an employer to do business with an agency or department of the Federal Government or a State, local, or tribal government. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it is not an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer (as defined in section 274A(b)) to prefer to hire, recruit, or refer for a fee an individual who is a citizen or national of the United States over another individual who is an alien if the 2 individuals are equally qualified. It is also an unfair immigration-related employment practice for a person, other entity, or employment agency— to discharge or constructively discharge an individual solely due to a further action notice issued by the Employment Verification System created by section 274A until the administrative appeal described in section 274A(d)(6) is completed; to use the System with regard to any person for any purpose except as authorized by section 274A(d); to use the System to reverify the employment authorization of a current employee, including an employee continuing in employment, other than reverification upon expiration of employment authorization, or as otherwise authorized under section 274A(d) or by regulation; to use the System selectively for employees, except where authorized by law; to fail to provide to an individual any notice required in section 274A(d) within the relevant time period; to use the System to deny workers’ employment or post-employment benefits; to misuse the System to discriminate based on national origin or citizenship status; to require an employee or prospective employee to use any self-verification feature of the System or provide, as a condition of application or employment, any self-verification results; to use an immigration status verification system, service, or method other than those described in section 274A for purposes of verifying employment eligibility; or to grant access to document verification or System data, to any individual or entity other than personnel authorized to have such access, or to fail to take reasonable safeguards to protect against unauthorized loss, use, alteration, or destruction of System data. It is also an unfair immigration-related employment practice for a person, other entity, or employment agency to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or retaliate against any individual— for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured under this section; or because the individual intends to file or has filed a charge or a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this section. A person’s, other entity’s, or employment agency’s request, for purposes of verifying employment eligibility, for more or different documents than are required under section 274A, or for specific documents, or refusing to honor documents tendered that reasonably appear to be genuine shall be treated as an unfair immigration-related employment practice. It is an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer that is required under Federal, State, or local law to maintain records documenting employment, including dates or hours of work and wages received, to fail to provide such records to any employee upon request. An individual who is authorized to be employed in the United States may not be denied a professional, commercial, or business license on the basis of his or her immigration status. In this section, the term employment agency means any employer, person, or entity regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such employer, person, or entity. . Section 274B(b) ( 8 U.S.C. 1324b(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall refer all matters alleging immigration-related unfair employment practices filed with the Commission, including those alleging violations of paragraphs (1), (4), (5), and
(6)of subsection
(a)to the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices of the Department of Justice. . Section 274B(l)(3) ( 8 U.S.C. 1324b(l)(3) ) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting and an additional $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. . Section 274B(g)(2)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1324b(g)(2)(B)) is amended by striking clause
(iv)and inserting the following: to pay any applicable civil penalties prescribed below, the amounts of which may be adjusted periodically to account for inflation as provided by law— except as provided in subclauses
(II)through (IV), to pay a civil penalty of not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000 for each individual subjected to an unfair immigration-related employment practice; except as provided in subclauses
(III)and (IV), in the case of an employer, person, or entity previously subject to a single order under this paragraph, to pay a civil penalty of not less than $4,000 and not more than $10,000 for each individual subjected to an unfair immigration-related employment practice; except as provided in subclause (IV), in the case of an employer, person, or entity previously subject to more than 1 order under this paragraph, to pay a civil penalty of not less than $8,000 and not more than $25,000 for each individual subjected to an unfair immigration-related employment practice; and in the case of an unfair immigration-related employment practice described in paragraphs
(4)through
(7)of subsection (a), to pay a civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $2,000 for each individual subjected to an unfair immigration-related employment practice. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to violations occurring on or after such date of enactment.
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Sec. 3105
Improved prohibition on discrimination based on national origin or citizenship status
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