If you are employed in Arizona it is a requirement that your information be verified through E-Verify. this process verifies your eligibility to work. Many states have followed in Arizona’s footsteps requiring all employees be verified for employment. In California, however, this is not the case and California is even taking it one step further with AB1236. The new law will prohibit any California employer from making E-Verify system mandatory for employment except when required by federal law.
These are some of the reasons California is listing for the prohibition of the mandatory use of E-Verify:
- The E-Verify system is not sufficient enough to meet the requirements to provide accurate verification for employment.
- By mandating the use of E-Verify they would be increasing the costs of driving business in a difficult economy.
- Businesses in California would be affected by implementing the E-Verify system because the staff must receive additional training and this would have cost in the billions, mostly affecting the small businesses.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1236_bill_20110331_amended_asm_v98.pdf
