Facebook to pay up to $9.5 million to victims to settle claims it discriminated against U.S. workers

Facebook to pay up to $9.5 million to victims to settle claims it discriminated against U.S. workers

3 years ago
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/19/facebook-to-pay-up-to-9-5-million-to-victims-to-settle-claims-it-discriminated-against-u-s-workers/

Facebook will pay $4.75 million in fines and up to $9.5 million to victims in order to settle with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that the company discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of foreign temporary visa holders, the department announced Tuesday.

The Department of Justice sued Facebook in December 2020, alleging that U.S. workers were being discriminated against and the company reserved positions for foreign workers on the H-1B visa from January 1, 2018 until at least September 18, 2019. Around 2,600 positions paying an average of $156,000 a year were allegedly set aside for foreign workers while using the permanent labor certification program (PERM).