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Smart Business Practices

 

Smart and practical business practices for law-abiding, civic-minded and patriotic American businesses. With soaring unemployment rates nationwide, the best thing any business can do is begin using E-Verify to ensure that all new hires are legal to work in the United States. But there are many other things business owners can do.

Benefits of E-Verify

The best thing American business owners can do to ensure they stay in line with the law and protect American workers is to use E-Verify. Here are a few of the other benefits to using it. 1) It is easy to use and free for employers.

Legal Guidelines

Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides detailed procedural requirements that employers must follow before hiring any individual.

Making E-Verify Work for Your Business

Section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA - Public Law 104-208) required the federal government to establish pilot programs to verify the employment eligibility of new hires.