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Are you already using E-Verify for all of your new hires? If not,
you will soon be required to. The North Carolina legislature passed "An
Act to Require Counties, Cities and Employers to Use the Federal
E-Verify Program to Verify the Work Authorization of Newly Hired
Employees" (the "Act"), which was signed into law by Governor Beverly
Perdue on June 23, 2011.

 

The Act requires all cities, counties and private employers with more than 25 employees to use the E-Verify program. 

 

The E-Verify mandate will be phased in on the following schedule:

• October 1, 2011:  Municipalities and Counties in NC
• October 1, 2012:  Employers that employ 500+ employees
• January 1, 2013:  Employers that employ 100+ employees
• July 1, 2013:  Employers that employ 25+ employees

The Act requires North Carolina employers to verify the legal status of
all new employees by entering a new hire's I-9 information into the
federal E-Verify program to determine the eligibility of that employee
to work in the United States. An employer must retain E-Verify
documentation on each employee for at least one year after the
employment relationship ends. 

 

North Carolina businesses that fail to comply with the Act's
requirements face civil penalties ranging from $1,000 - $10,000. If you
have not had recent I-9 training that included E-Verify obligations,
then we encourage you to begin training today for these upcoming
requirements.

For more information, please contact:

• Jill M. Benson
  
  336.631.1056
  
  [email protected]
• Jeffrey D. Patton
  
  336.725.4491
  
  [email protected]

 

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