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Committee considers bill to bar employers from threatening or using federal immigration authority against workers
Summary
Senate Bill 1119 would make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to engage in unfair immigration‑related practices, including threatening to contact federal immigration authorities to retaliate against workers who assert workplace rights.
Senate Bill 1119, amended as a dash‑3 during committee review, would define ‘‘federal immigration authority’’ and ‘‘unfair immigration‑related practices’’ and make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to engage in those practices. The dash‑3 amendment also directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to impose civil penalties on employers who violate notice requirements about upcoming federal inspections that compel access to employment eligibility records.
Supporters, including the Northwest Workers’ Justice Project, Oregon Education…
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