"McDonald's ordered to pay $355,000 for discriminating against legal immigrants", 20 Nov 2015

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been ordered to pay $355,000 to the US government for violating federal law by refusing to accept expired green cards as legal proof of employment eligibility. The company will also forfeit back pay to affected employees…Investigators further found that the request for showing new documentation was only made to permanent residents and not US citizens, even when their documents had expired. In situations where the permanent resident card had expired, employees were told they could not work and some lost their jobs as a result…Under the settlement, McDonald’s will pay $355,000 in civil penalties to the US Treasury, undergo monitoring for 20 months, and train its employees on the immigration law’s anti-discrimination provision. McDonald’s will also compensate employees who lost work or their jobs between September 2012 and March 2015…“We deny any wrongdoing in this matter, but in order to avoid further expense, and to cooperate with the [Justice Department’s] Office of Special Counsel, we reached a settlement,” McDonald’s said…