Why is the University required to verify employment verification using the E-Verify system for current employees?
Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to begin using the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify system starting Sept. 8, 2009, to verify their employees’ eligibility to legally work in the United States. The new rule implements Executive Order 12989, as amended by President George W. Bush on June 6, 2008, directing federal agencies to require that federal contractors agree to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their employees. The amended Executive Order reinforces the policy, first announced in 1996, that the federal government does business with companies that have a legal workforce. This new rule requires federal contractors to agree, through language inserted into their federal contracts, to use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all persons hired during a contract term, and to confirm the employment eligibility of federal contractors’ current employees who perform contract services for the federal government within the Uni
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- I get the impression that the classified employment system protects employees no matter what! What can we do about truly unacceptable employees?
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