On October 19, 2021, a settlement was reached between Facebook and the Department of Justice regarding a lawsuit that had alleged that Facebook had engaged in discrimination against U.S. workers and potentially engaged in regulatory recruitment violations. This alleged discrimination, in part, focused on PERM Green Card recruitment. The impact of this settlement is still difficult to fully understand as this agreement avoided a court decision which would likely have provided more clarity on whether Facebook’s PERM recruitment practices were in fact discriminatory or whether they followed the rather clear letter of the law.
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