The Department of Homeland Security announced on June 3, 2009 that the effective date of the new rule mandating E-Verify use by certain federal contractors and subcontractors has been delayed again.

On April 22, 2009, House Bill 2028 was introduced by U.S. Representatives Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). H.R. 2028, the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA), would replace the government’s current E-Verify program with the Electronic Employment Verification System (EEVS). The E-Verify program, a partnership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the [...]

As of today, April 3, 2009, all U.S. employers must begin using the updated I-9 form for verifying employment eligibility. The I-9 system of employment verification, created by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, is the nation’s sole mandatory employment eligibility verification program. All U.S. employers are responsible for the completion and retention [...]

As I have written in earlier blog posts, the Department of Homeland Security‘s (“DHS”) new I-9 form is on schedule for implementation on April 3, 2009. The I-9 form is used by employers to verify employment eligibility. The most notable change with the new form is that employers will no longer be able to accept [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new I-9 form, what an I-9 form is, and the penalties for non-compliance. The penalties, both civilly and criminally, are becoming too severe to ignore. Civil fines for employers can range from $3200 (per violation) for a first offense to $16,000 (per violation) for a third or [...]

Mandatory use of E-Verify delayed further: Mandatory use of the controversial employment eligibility tool, E-Verify, by Federal contractors and subcontractors has been delayed until May 21, 2009. E-Verify is an internet based system for verifying employment eligibility.