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Company: MicroLink Devices
Penalty: $12,000
Year: 2012
Date: August 22, 2012
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: national origin discrimination
Violation Description: The Justice Department announced an agreement with MicroLink Devices, a manufacturer of semiconductor structures and advanced solar cells based in Niles, Ill., resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act when it placed six online job postings that explicitly stated citizenship status preferences or requirements that excluded certain work-authorized non-citizens from consideration.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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