Barran Liebman Electronic Alerts
Electronic AlertSM
Volume 12, Issue 15
April 17, 2009
On April 16, 2009, the federal government issued yet another delay in the implementation of the new E-Verify requirement for federal contractors. The E-Verify requirement is now scheduled to become effective on June 30, 2009.
The details of the new E-Verify requirement were discussed in two previous alerts, here and here. To summarize, current law requires that all employers complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) for each newly hired employee. (Don’t forget that you must now be using the revised Form I-9 as discussed in another recent alert.) The purpose of the Form I-9 is to verify the employee’s identity and employment eligibility. The new rule requires that federal contractors enter the employee’s identity and eligibility information into the E-Verify system, an internet-based employment eligibility database. E-Verify must be used for work on all federal contracts awarded after June 30, 2009, that call for a time of performance that exceeds 120 days and that have a value greater than $100,000. Contracts for commercially available items and subcontracts of less than $3,000 are exempt from the requirement.
The new requirement was initially scheduled to go into effect on January 15, 2009. Two delays followed, one pushing the implementation date back to February 20, 2009, and the second to May 21, 2009.
We will keep you posted if additional delays are announced.
Electronic Alerts are written by Barran Liebman attorneys for their clients and friends. Alerts are not intended as legal advice but as employment and labor law announcements.
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