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Laws of the State and employers, I use audit Responsibilities 9 -
Many states have enacted "mini-I-9" laws. Employers, especially companies that operate in more than one state, must closely monitor their compliance with the laws of employment eligibility and verification each state in which they do business.

The most common regulation states have imposed on businesses in recent years is requiring employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm workers' immigration status and eligibility for employment or work authorization, including eligibility employment of illegal immigrants, a work permit and immigration status.

E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS / U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). E-Verify is currently free to employers and is available in all 50 states. E-Verify provides an automated link to federal databases to help employers determine eligibility for employment or work authorization of new hires and the validity of their security number social.

Employers or "designated agents" (eg, payroll companies) must register online and accept the terms of participation in use E-Verify. [Registration of reaching an agreement with the DHS / Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). A discussion on the MOU ICE E-Verify is outside the scope of this post.]

E-Verify will soon be mandatory for all federal contractors. DHS is now promulgating "final" E-Verify regs. I present an overview of E-Verify and update in this post.

(The National Conference of State Legislatures done a remarkable job of monitoring these developments and I include a change in their list and summary of new state legislation below.)

Review of relevant laws of the State

State laws requiring the use of E-Verify


Arizona
Arizona
The Arizona Fair and Legal Employment Act (HB 2779) enacted in 2007 prohibits employers from hiring unauthorized workers knowingly and requires all employers to use the Pilot Program basis for verifying eligibility for employment. It imposes sanctions on employers and threatens not comply with the suspension and revocation of their business licenses. The date 1 January 2008.

Colorado
Colorado HB 1343 (signed 6/6/2006) prohibits state agencies from entering into contracts with contractors who employ illegal immigrants knowingly and requires that potential contractors to verify legal work status of all employees. The contractor must confirm that the basic pilot program was used to check the status of all employees. If the contractor discovers that an illegal alien is employed, the Contractor shall notify the state agency within 3 days.

Georgia
The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, SB 529, covered employment, application and benefits and has been signed by the Governor April 17, 2006. The bill requires public employers, contractors and subcontractors of more than 500 employees to participate in E-Verify for all new employees beginning July 1, 2007. The law is phased in for public employers, contractors and subcontractors with 100 or more employees effective July 1, 2008; for all employers by July 1, 2009.

Idaho Executive Order
On December 13, 2006, Governor Jim Risch issued an executive order may.