Justice Department Releases Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination Public Service Announcement

Justice Department Releases Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination Public Service Announcement

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division's Office of Special Counsel for Immigration- Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) has launched a national bilingual public service announcement for television and radio aimed at educating workers and employers about immigration-related employment discrimination.

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"This education campaign will be a great tool to advance our mission of preventing and combating immigration-related employment discrimination," said Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

OSC protects the rights of U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who have been discriminated against on the basis of citizenship status or national origin. OSC investigates charges on behalf of workers alleging discrimination; operates toll-free hotlines answering questions for employers and workers; and conducts outreach training to community groups, government agencies, employers and others throughout the nation to educate them about OSC.

The 30-second television and radio spots, which will be available in English and Spanish, will be aired throughout the country. The goal of the public service announcement campaign is to heighten public awareness of the services offered by OSC to victims of unlawful discrimination and to employers who want help complying with the law.

OSC is a section within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc/ or call 1-800 255-7688 (worker hotline) or 1-800 255-8155 (employer hotline).

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Source: U.S. Department of Justice

CONTACT: CRT: +1-800-255-7688 (worker hotline), or +1-800-255-8155
(employer hotline)

Web site: http://www.doj.gov/

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