Can an employer be held responsible for hiring an un-authorized worker, if E-Verify indicated that the worker was authorized?
A. No. In fact, the best insurance for an employer to not be accused of hiring an illegal worker, is to use an Employer Agent to run the Form I-9 information supplied by the worker and employer through the E-Verify database. In that way, the employer is completely free of the responsibility of “knowingly” hiring an illegal worker.
