Instacart与司法部及平等就业机会委员会达成500万美元和解：绿卡招聘岗位须开放网上申请
美国司法部（Department of Justice, DOJ）民权司与美国平等就业机会委员会（Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC）10月20日在华盛顿宣布，与生鲜配送平台 Instacart 达成和解，总额500万美元。按和解条款，Instacart 将支付最高400万美元给受影响的美国求职者，并另缴100万美元民事罚款。
此案涉及绿卡申请中的永久劳工认证（Permanent Labor Certification, PERM）招聘环节。雇主为外籍员工申请绿卡前，必须先按 PERM 程序面向美国工人公开招聘，证明没有合格的美国工人可以雇用，才能为外籍员工申请劳工认证。两家机构指控，Instacart 在 PERM 招聘中没有让美国求职者以正常方式应聘其公布的岗位，涉嫌违反《移民与国籍法》（Immigration and Nationality Act, INA）禁止基于公民身份歧视美国工人的规定。司法部民权司下属的移民与雇员权利科（Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, IER）负责执行该法的反歧视条款，EEOC 则负责执行禁止基于出生国等理由就业歧视的联邦法律。
除付款外，和解还要求 Instacart 改变招聘做法：今后该公司为 PERM 程序刊登的岗位，必须接受网上申请，让美国求职者能像应聘其他公开岗位一样在线投递申请。两家机构表示，和解解决了它们对 Instacart 在绿卡招聘中歧视美国求职者的指控，受影响的美国求职者将按和解基金安排获得赔付。
司法部表示，这起和解是其“保护美国工人倡议”（Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative）的最新成果。该倡议于2025年重启，专门执行《移民与国籍法》禁止企业基于公民身份歧视美国工人、偏袒临时签证持有者的规定；截至上周，该倡议下已达成14起和解，司法部在这些和解中逐项违规收取民事罚款，并在有依据时为受害工人追讨欠薪，同时要求雇主培训相关员工、停止按公民身份限制求职者的应聘资格。
Instacart to Pay $5 Million in Settlement With Justice Department and EEOC: Green Card Job Postings Must Accept Online Applications
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in Washington on October 20 that they have reached a $5 million settlement with the grocery delivery platform Instacart. Under the settlement, Instacart will pay up to $4 million to affected U.S. applicants and $1 million in civil penalties.
The case concerns recruitment under the permanent labor certification (PERM) process, the step an employer must complete before sponsoring a foreign employee for a green card: the employer must first recruit U.S. workers for the job and show that no qualified U.S. worker is available before it can seek labor certification for the foreign employee. The two agencies alleged that, in its PERM recruitment, Instacart did not allow U.S. applicants to apply for its advertised positions in the normal way, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which prohibits discrimination against U.S. workers based on citizenship status. The Justice Department’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), part of the Civil Rights Division, enforces the INA’s anti-discrimination provision, while the EEOC enforces federal laws barring employment discrimination, including on the basis of national origin.
Beyond the payments, the settlement requires Instacart to change its practices: the company must accept online applications for the jobs it advertises in the PERM process, so that U.S. workers can apply for green card-related postings the same way they apply for other openings. The agencies said the settlement resolves their allegations that Instacart discriminated against U.S. workers in its green card hiring, and that affected U.S. applicants will be paid from the settlement fund.
The Justice Department said the agreement is the latest result of its Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, relaunched in 2025 to enforce the INA’s prohibition on citizenship-status discrimination against companies that illegally discriminate against U.S. workers in favor of workers on temporary visas. As of last week, the initiative had produced 14 settlements; under them, the department obtains civil penalties for each violation, secures back pay for harmed workers where warranted, and requires employers to train relevant staff and recruiters and to stop restricting consideration for job opportunities based on citizenship status without a lawful reason.
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图片来源：位于华盛顿的美国司法部总部 Robert F. Kennedy 大楼，宣布和解的司法部民权司在此办公。照片：Gunnar Klack 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源／The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, headquarters of the Justice Department, whose Civil Rights Division reached the settlement together with the EEOC. Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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