E-Verify users give thumbs up
August 31, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: HR Tech, Immigration, In this week's e-newsletter - Tech, Latest News & Views
Though E-Verify’s supporters have struggled with making the program mandatory for employers, it’s catching on and getting solid reviews from HR managers.
A third of companies are currently using E-Verify, according to a recent Manpower survey of 1,800 HR pros and business owners.
The program’s approval rating is pretty high, according to the survey. Of the respondents who use E-Verify, half rated the system as “very good” in terms of “quality, consistency and speed.” Ratings of “excellent” and “good” were given by 10% and 32%, respectively.
Just 1% said E-Verify was “poor,” and the rest said it was “fair.”
Even without a federal mandate requiring employers to sign up, E-Verify use is on the rise. As of June, 5.5 million employment checks had been completed this year, USA Today reports. That’s compared to 6.6 million in all of 2008, which was twice the number reported for 2007.
What do you think? Do you use E-Verify? If so, how’s it been working? Let us know in the comments section below.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:33 am
E-Verify is the best tool currently available for employers to use to check the work eligibility of new hires. It is not perfect of course, but along with other best practices such as a written company compliance plan, proper training, and regular 3rd party audits it can help an employer protecct themselves with a “good faith defense” in the event of an ICE inspection.
E-Verify is the best tool currently available for employers to use to check the work eligibility of new hires. It is not perfect of course, but along with other best practices such as a written company compliance plan, proper training, and regular 3rd party audits it can help an employer protect themselves with a “good faith defense” in the event of an ICE inspection.
Some employers will find getting signed up for E-Verify cumbersome and time consuming. E-Verify requires a company representative to do the on-line training which takes over an hour to complete, pass the mastery test, read and sign the Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to the terms of use of the system, and create a user login and password.
Some companies may want to consider hiring a Designated Agent who can use E-Verify on their behalf. It is a simple and cost effective solution for employers with limited resources who just don’t want to have to manage one more thing.
http://www.I-9Okay.com has good information about E-Verify and Designated Agents.
August 31st, 2009 at 11:03 am
Even though I am a great believer in a Senators Kennedy’s public option to Health care, I am adamantly–OPPOSED–to any path to citizenship for illegal immigrants he also endorsed. But alas Health care and illegal immigration are joined a the proverbial hip and must be separated. In 1985 immigration bill Sen. Kennedy assured the American people, that another AMNESTY would–NEVER–be enacted in future sessions of Congress. He was after all one of the principal authors of the Simpson/Mazzoli bill, in which he committed himself to all of the American public. Speed up a–POINTS SYSTEM–for top of the pinnacle highly skilled workers, but no more hosting millions of indigent foreign labor and families, who become public welfare charges.
Once again we will be confronting this major dilemma on immigration reform, mainly because over many administrations immigration enforcement was never carried out. Over these decades lax policies have caused a massive overload of foreigners, who compromised themselves by not following the law, but are not entirely to blame? The awful fact is that the 1986 legislation was under funded and engineered for the particular business sector, unions, church, specialized attorneys and radical minority organizations by certain politicians. Since than the costs have been magnified, parallel to the–TRILLIONS–spent on nation building wars. At least 20 million illegal immigrants now reside in America, and decades of neglect, has swollen the numbers that in future years will undoubtedly cause irreversible overpopulation as analyzed by the US Census Bureau?
Trying to deport so many people is a possibility and a very expensive proposition. But their is another avenue that could be used, with equal success and not costing anywhere near using a forced deportation? We must demand from our rogue lawmakers in Washington to introduce a mandated, funded E-Verify? We know it works well because Special interest groups have used their influence to derail it. In the courts they have resuscitated racial profiling, including that it was faulty in its operation. The cure is simple–plaintiffs should go to the local Social Security office for straightening out irregularities. Until now we didn’t realize its power to perform and remove illegal immigrants from the work floor and therefore our government should make it available to every employer under the penalty of fines and prison. BEFORE ANY NEW WORKER IS HIRED, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN AN E-VERIFICATION FORM WARNING THEM OF USING BOGUS ID AND A LEGAL FORM TO SIGN UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY IN MAJOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES. EACH BUSINESS MUST BE MANDATED TO DISPLAY AN E-VERIFY NOTICE. THEIR SHOULD BE A REWARD TO WORKERS, WHO CORRECTLY REPORTS ILLEGAL LABOR ACTIVITY TO ICE.
Democratic leadership made a fatal error, as it had already been funded for months to come E-Verify. The public eye and anti-illegal immigration groups became instantly aware of its special use. An outcry to Washington caused a re-emergence of this utility and now is firmly placed as a workable tool. Further innovations and technical progress–MUST–be made available and reasonable appropriations to modify its accessibility for the most fundamental PC operative? As time goes by, as all new computer programs bugs and errors will be removed and new versions will appear. A few Eastern states have made it fully functioning, while rebel states as California–a Sanctuary illegal immigrant state–is defying its use. Through voluntary now, over time it could cause mass evacuation of illegal labor from the workplace as by “Attrition”. Millions will surely give up as employers will live under a dark cloud of penalties and return slowly to their home country.
The 1986 (IRCA) immigration act is very potent and is currently under attack by unions, ACLU, US Chamber of Commerce, as is E-Verify, 287 G, the border fence and anything that smells of enforcement. Corporate entities–COMMAND–unparalleled cheap labor with no restriction, which has been honored by certain unethical politicians who do not represent the majority of the jobless public. Years of inactivity by unethical politicians caused the immigration mess in the first place. So the old adage stands its ground even today, “You made this bed, so now you have to sleep in it”? President Obama is going to try and insist on pushing through another immigration reform, but we cannot let this happen. He should build on the 1986 immigration reform, add amendments and stop the OVERPOPULATION of this country. Do the calculations yourselves of the trillions of dollars used–OVER THE YEARS–to cater to foreign national workers, their families in education, hospitals and the penal environment.
We must assure that all American workers are gainfully employed, not individuals who have no right to be in our country? It makes me sick to see veterans of Korea, Viet-Nam, the Gulf war walking the streets homeless, while illegal immigrants get gratification from employers and lawmakers. WE NO LONGER CAN SUPPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. OUR COUNTRY IS NEAR BANKRUPTCY. DEMAND E-VERIFY TO CHECK THE IMMIGRATION STATUS FOR EVERY US WORKER, BY CONTACTING YOUR LAWMAKER AT 202-224-3121. VOTERS SHOULD COMMAND NO MORE WEAKENING OF ANY LAWS INCLUDING 1986 (IRCA) IMMIGRATION CONTROL & REFORM ACT. JOIN NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH AND BE STUNNED HOW MILLIONS OF VOICES HAVE MADE AN INCREDULOUS DIFFERENCE.
PS: Illegal Immigrants will get full access to THE PEOPLES health care, if the Democrats pass a path to citizenship or better known as BLANKET AMNESTY
September 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
We’ve been using E-verify since late last year without any problems. Its very user friendly, and while there is a mastery training is really is not the difficult to complete and the time spent is not wasted and input into the program takes very little time per entry. And for those of us with less than stellar handwriting, the case details printout is the easiest way to identify I-9 information in a personnel file. The system also tracks all cases which makes record-keeping and re-print of documentation even easier in the long run. Granted, we are a small business (<200 employees), so our verification numbers are less than 10 a month, but I've found the program to be an asset to the hiring procedures at our facility.