This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Labor/Employment

Oct. 13, 2010

Housekeepers Need Immigration Checks

In the political blame game over her hiring of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper, legal experts said Meg Whitman and her husband hold some responsibility, highlighting thorny legal issues.

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

By all accounts, revelations late last month that Meg Whitman relied on an undocumented immigrant to tidy her family's house during a nine-year period did not help the Republican gubernatorial candidate's chances at winning the November election.

And the fact that Whitman herself has criticized companies that employ illegal workers turned the saga into something of a political ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up