Fact of the Week: 3/13/08

Thursday, March 13, 2008

It’s Time for Congress to Create an Employment Verification System That Works

 
 Fact Check

 
U.S. employers are demanding a national employment verification system that will provide them with the tools they need to ensure a legal workforce.

Did you know that organizations representing hundreds of thousands of employers in every sector of the U.S. economy have endorsed the “New Employee Verification Act” (NEVA – H.R. 5515)?

•    American Council on International Personnel
•    College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
•    Food Marketing Institute
•    HR Policy Association
•    International Public Management Association for Human Resources
•    National Association of Manufacturers
•    National Franchisee Association
•    National Association of Home Builders
•    Society for Human Resource Management

The New Employee Verification Act will mandate a national employment verification system that is reliable, efficient and secure.

 

With E-Verify Set to Expire in 2008, Now is the Time for the Next Generation of Employment Verification.

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The Human Resource Initiative for a Legal Workforce (www.legal-workforce.org) represents human resource professionals in thousands of small and large U.S. employers representing every sector of the American economy.  The HR Initiative and its members are seeking to improve the current process of employment verification by creating a secure, efficient and reliable system that will ensure a legal workforce and help prevent unauthorized employment, a root cause of illegal immigration.