The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it would continue to protect undocumented workers from workplace discrimination. The announcement was meant to reassure people who were concerned that a recent Supreme Court decision barring undocumented workers from receiving backpay after being wrongfully fired for union activities.
Making the announcement, Cari Dominguez, the chair of the EEOC, said that anti-discrimination laws should be enforced regardless of the immigration status of the victim, and regardless of whether the victim will eventually be compensated.
While the Supreme Court decision remains an object of concern for many advocates, who feel that it simply encourages unscrupulous employers to rely on undocumented workers who can be fired without consequence, they are pleased that the EEOC has indicated that it intends to continue providing all workers in the US with protection against unlawful discrimination.
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