A website for the quick restaurant industry has a feature about how to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. The feature notes that new employees are required to produce identity documentation within three days of being hired. In a case in Florida, a pizza franchise had to pay $140,000 in a settlement with the Department of Justice. The franchise required permanent resident cards from non citizens. The law did not restrict id to this card, and the company was charged with discrimination. The piece advises readers what are acceptable forms of identity.

Key Takeaways:

• The US Citizen and Immigration Services issues form I-9 paperwork, designed to authenticate new hires immigration status and work authorization.
• All businesses, regardless of size, must complete 1-9 documentation for new hires, within three business days.
• Federal law prohibits citizen status discrimination as well as discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruitment practices, based on a worker, or potential hire’s, national origin.

“It is important for leaders within the quick service restaurant industry to understand the employee onboarding process to avoid claims of unlawful discriminatory practices under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).”

Read more: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/outside-insights/your-restaurant-being-set-discrimination-claim