The agency has made good so far on Chair Andrea Lucas’ promise to pursue anti-American bias cases.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has alleged Texas-based technology sector employment agency Sibitalent Corp. engaged in national origin bias via recruiting practicesby openly preferring to hire only H-1B visa holders, per a lawsuit filed Sept. 30.
A Sibitalent recruiter allegedly contacted a California-based job seeker regarding a data analyst role with the phrase “ONLY H1B” attached to the email, according to the complaint filed in the Northern District Court of California.
The job in question was for a Sibitalent client, so the job seeker could only apply through a referral. When the charging party questioned whether it was legal to restrict the job opportunity to H-1B visa holders, the recruiter simply said, “Yeah.”
When the job seeker asked for more information, the recruiter stopped responding. The firm allegedly referred candidates from India and Nepal instead, according to an EEOC press release.
EEOC alleges that Sibitalent’s conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. HR Dive reached out to Sibitalent for comment and did not hear back by the time of publication.
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