For the third time in four months, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a notice in the Federal Register extending the effective date of the E-Verify requirement for Federal Contractors. The mandatory E-Verify rule, originally slated to be implemented on Jan. 15, 2009, has been delayed until June 30, 2009. The effective date provides the Obama administration additional time to review the rule.
E-Verify is the federal government's method of electronically verifying that employees are authorized to work in the United States. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), enacted in 1996, provides the statutory basis for E-Verify.
As we reported in previous Labor and Employment Alerts both here and here, the federal government twice suspended the effective date of the rule back in January of 2009.
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