Employment Agency Settles Allegations

An Oxnard-based employment service has agreed to pay more than $11,000 in civil penalties and back pay to settle allegations that it discriminated against immigrant workers. The settlement resolves a complaint filed by California Rural Legal Assistance on behalf of Rosaura Garcia, an immigrant who is a permanent U.S. resident. Garcia alleges that Select Temporaries Inc. refused to accept her “green card” as valid and improperly denied her employment. The settlement was worked out under the auspices of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices. In signing the agreement, Select Temporaries did not admit any wrongdoing. The company was not immediately available for comment.