The Labor Department has unveiled guidance on how immigrant workers who are involved in workplace disputes—and may be particularly vulnerable to intimidation due to that immigration status—can seek protection from retaliatory employers.
“For the first time, the agency outlined steps workers can take to get support from government officials when seeking deportation relief—such as deferred action, parole, or stay of removal—during investigations of unlawful conduct by employers,” Nevada Current reported. That report noted that workers in the state have been among the voices pushing for policy.
“For over two year, we have fought to win these protections for workers in Las Vegas,” Rosario Ortiz told Nevada Current. Ortiz is a former employee of a painting company probed by the Labor Department over wage theft. “As a result of this fight we are making changes for immigrant workers like me.”
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“For the Department of Labor to carry out the laws its enforces, workers must feel free to participate in its investigations and proceedings without fear of retaliation or consequences related to their immigration status,” the department said in a release. “The department has long supported DHS’ use of prosecutorial discretion—on a case-by-case basis—or certain workers subjected to abusive and exploitative labor practices.”
This has included deportation threats, which some abusive...
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