E-Verify is Here to Stay

September 8, 2009 is fast approaching and it looks like the Final Rule that  requires most employers who are awarded Federal contracts on or after Sept 8 to use E-Verify to check the work eligibility of their employees is a “done deal”.   Congress has agreed to continue funding E-Verify until at least 2012.  Many states have passed legislation requiring the use of E-Verify in some capacity.  E-Verify appears to be here to stay.

As an employer why should you consider E-Verify?  Simply put, E-Verify is the best tool currently available to insure you are hiring a legal work force.  E-Verify uses information collected on the Form I-9 to search the database of the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to check the work eligibility of the people you are hiring.  When confirmed through E-Verify, you can print a confirmation report to keep  with your I-9 records.  It is one more step in developing a “good faith” compliance plan concerning your responsibility under the law to hire only authorized workers.