New Jersey has become the latest state to consider requiring employers to use the federal government’s controversial E-Verify system to check the legal status of employees, with the presentation of legislation in the New Jersey State Senate barring the employment of unauthorized workers and requiring all employers with the presentation of legislation to impose civil penalties on noncompliant companies.
On May 10, Sen. Robert W. Singer (R) and Sen. Steven V. Oroho (R) introduced a bill ( S. 1842 ) that would require New Jersey employers to verify the legal status of their new hires using the federal government’s E-Verify program. The proposed bill would mandate that all employers in the state who employ 100 or more employees to verify the employment eligibility of all new workers through the E-Verify program beginning Jan. 1, 2011; employers with fewer than 100 employees would have until Jan. 1, 2012, to abide by the law.
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