CHARLOTTE, NC - A printing company in North Carolina has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 to make up for its “wrongful discrimination practices.” The settlement was reached on Tuesday between Printful and an employee that they hired recently, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Printful is a drop shipping company that operates a print on demand concept and shipping T-shirts and other products for E-commerce retailers. The company was founded in 2013 and opened its Charlotte locations in 2016.
In a press release, the U.S. Department of Justice said in part, “Printful violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against a worker based on her citizenship status when checking her permission to work, and by having a discriminatory policy requiring non-U.S. citizens to present specific documents to prove their permission to work.”
The Charlotte Observer reported that Printful violated discrimination law and “skewed its hiring process” when they demanded to see a “green card” from an employee who had already provided necessary documentation showing permission to work. The previously submitted documents included a Social Security card and a driver’s license.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said, “Companies cannot reject workers’ valid documents or require specific or unnecessary documents based on citizenship status when checking their permission to work. The Justice Department will continue to hold accountable employers who run afoul of our nation’s civil rights laws.”
The more than $30,000 includes a civil penalty of $27,500 to be paid to the U.S Treasury and $6,200 to be paid to the employee for backpay and lost wages. Additionally, the Justice Department is requiring Printful to “train its personnel on the INA’s anti-discrimination requirements, revise its employment policies and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.”
Printful has not issued a public statement as of the writing of this article.
Printful is a drop shipping company that operates a print on demand concept and shipping T-shirts and other products for E-commerce retailers. The company was founded in 2013 and opened its Charlotte locations in 2016.
In a press release, the U.S. Department of Justice said in part, “Printful violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against a worker based on her citizenship status when checking her permission to work, and by having a discriminatory policy requiring non-U.S. citizens to present specific documents to prove their permission to work.”
The Charlotte Observer reported that Printful violated discrimination law and “skewed its hiring process” when they demanded to see a “green card” from an employee who had already provided necessary documentation showing permission to work. The previously submitted documents included a Social Security card and a driver’s license.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said, “Companies cannot reject workers’ valid documents or require specific or unnecessary documents based on citizenship status when checking their permission to work. The Justice Department will continue to hold accountable employers who run afoul of our nation’s civil rights laws.”
The more than $30,000 includes a civil penalty of $27,500 to be paid to the U.S Treasury and $6,200 to be paid to the employee for backpay and lost wages. Additionally, the Justice Department is requiring Printful to “train its personnel on the INA’s anti-discrimination requirements, revise its employment policies and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.”
Printful has not issued a public statement as of the writing of this article.
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Comments
2024-03-23T18:59-0400 | Comment by: Steven
A driver's license IS NOT evidence of legally authorization to work. On its own, a social security card isn't even ID.
2024-03-23T23:32-0400 | Comment by: Robin
This is according to the US Dept of Justice, Internal Revenue Service and Immigration and Naturalization: "Use Form I-9 to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must properly complete Form I-9 for every individual they hire for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens. Both employees and employers (or authorized representatives of the employer) must complete the form. On the form, an employee must attest to their employment authorization. The employee must also present their employer with acceptable documents as evidence of identity and employment authorization. The employer must examine these documents to determine whether they reasonably appear to be genuine and relate to the employee, then record the document information on the employee’s Form I-9. Certain employers who choose to remotely examine the employee’s documentation under a DHS-authorized alternative procedure rather than via physical examination must indicate they did so by checking the box provided." So how come this company is being punished? Did the "employee" fill out the I-9 Form when hired and provide documentation as required? If so, what is the problem?
2024-03-24T00:11-0400 | Comment by: L
This makes no sense when Biden is giving every illegal a drivers license and they've been selling SS cards forever. Again we have laws they don't enforce and illegals have more rights than citizens.
2024-03-24T01:30-0400 | Comment by: Byron
This cluster of confusion is where we end up when a government, like Congress and the President's administration become so involved with politics that common sense is no where to be found. A driver in a car has to show his license when police ask for it. In my small mind, any employer, should have the full rights, to request documentations from Any employee on demand. Right is right and Right is usually simple to comprehend; except where we as a society mess it up.
2024-03-24T08:26-0400 | Comment by: Jim
What's the point of requiring businesses to use E-verify, then?
2024-03-24T10:06-0400 | Comment by: Michael
Does not the Patriot Act require the same verification processes?
2024-03-24T13:32-0400 | Comment by: Laurence
This company should fight this in court. Why not require the proper documents? There are enough illegal job-stealers in our country already! There are many agencies that screen applicants for employers. This company, and every company, should use them.
2024-03-24T20:03-0400 | Comment by: Joe
Shoot first and ask questions later. FJB, F ALL illegal aliens, and F ALL demonRATS.
2024-03-24T21:30-0400 | Comment by: Jay
Now the beginning of forcing companies to hire illegals to equal the workforce or pay penalties. The ones who voted for this should be the first to lose their jobs. Vote Democrat live with your mistake.
2024-03-26T18:10-0400 | Comment by: Dori
Really tired of the rights of those here illegally vs. American citizens who are losing their rights in some instances. Take the homeowners in NY who recently arrested or beat to death when they tried to get the squatters out of their homes!
2024-03-26T18:11-0400 | Comment by: Dori
Really tired of the rights of those here illegally vs. American citizens who are losing their rights in some instances. Take the homeowners in NY who recently arrested or beat to death when they tried to get the squatters out of their homes!