Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program

Refugee Employment

•	Refugee Employment Services and Contacts
•	Why Hire a Refugee?
•	Major PA Employers of Refugees
•	PA Employment Resources
•	Legal Issues in Refugee Employment
	•	Refugee Employment Authorization
	•	Form I-9 and Refugee Employees
	•	Anti-Discrimination Statutes
		•	Federal Statutes
		•	Pennsylvania Statutes

Federal Statutes

Protection for refugees against discrimination in employment is provided primarily through the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Information regarding the law and filing complaints is available from the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.