This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis, P.C. discusses a new amendment to California law providing additional protections against unfair immigration-related practices in the employment of foreign nationals. SB-1001 protects employment applicants from prohibited employment practices, in addition to the employees previously covered. In addition, the new law prohibits employers from refusing to honor work authorization documents based on an applicant's or employee's status and from trying to reinvestigate or reverify a current employee's work status unless the federal government has made a request. Finally, the new law allows individuals aggrieved by prohibited unfair immigration-related practices to file a complaint with the California Labor Commissioner. The new law takes effect on January 1, 2017.