Federal and state lawmakers want to expand the online program to keep Americans in the workforce. But businesses and unions ...

Senators are trying for a quick and extensive rebuild of legislation to have West Virginia business owners confirm a new hire’s eligibility to work in the United States. The Senate Judiciary Committee ...

A bill that would have required some South Dakota employers to use a federal website to verify employees’ work eligibility failed in the state Senate on Wednesday, the second-to-last day of ...

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — Some U.S. businesses verify applicants’ eligibility to work using an online government system called E-Verify. When individuals present their documents showing they’re ...

E-Verify is an online system that’s supposed to prevent illegal aliens from getting hired. Even though it’s voluntary for employers, it has shown itself to be quite effective. But recent high-profile ...

Despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has resumed E-Verify operations. After more than a week of suspended operations, U.S. Citizenship and ...

Employers are required to verify that new hires are authorized to work in the US – and E-Verify offers a quick way to accomplish this task. The program, which matches I-9 data with the information in ...

Currently, 22 other states require the use of the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system in some capacity.

Among other states, Tennessee has a broad E-Verify mandate for all businesses with at least 35 employees, though the exact ...

Omaha, Nebraska — Gary Rohwer built his QuickSteak empire at a meat processing center in Omaha, Nebraska. But then, a tactical team of federal agents raided his facility on June 10, and more than 70 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. For employers, verifying the authorization of a workforce is ...

The current administration’s focus on immigration played out in a recent False Claims Act (“FCA”) matter in which a federal contractor was alleged to have billed for unauthorized workers in violation ...