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Abercrombie & Fitch pays penalty to resolve employment case

Abercrombie & Fitch will pay a small civil penalty to the justice department to resolve a case involving employment eligibility and immigration.

The teen retailer rejected a valid passport stamp as evidence of employment eligibility and required a job applicant to provide other documents, according to a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

Abercrombie denied in the agreement that it committed discrimination related to immigration or engaged in unfair practices. Nevertheless, it will pay USD1,100 and also set aside USD153,932 to pay people authorized to work who "suffered economic damages" due to the company’s alleged documentary practices, according to the agreement.

(Source: CNBC)