Pizza Hut Discriminates Against Latino Workers
Pizza Hut’s recent actions are unjustifiable and unacceptable. Pizza Hut has been rapidly firing Latino workers due to Social Security “No Match” letters sent to Pizza Hut by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Some of these workers have been faithful employees of Pizza Hut for over ten years. According to the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative “The workers who were fired were all ordered to re-verify their eligibility for employment under the threat of termination because of the apparent arrival of Social Security No Match letters when neither Pizza Hut nor the workers were obliged to repeat the hiring process.” This is discrimination, and I’ll explain why.
The purpose of sending a “no-match” letter to employers and employees, is to call attention to the the fact that the company’s information does not match the records of SSA. That’s it. The employer is only obligated to notify his/her worker of the letter if the employer receives one. In fact, before 1994 the SSA didn’t even notify companies when they found a mismatch, they only notified laborers. The company is not prohibited from continuing to employ an individual who has a mismatched social security number, they are actually warned by the SSA to not take action. Read more
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