Labor/Employment
Feb. 5, 2013
Proposed E-Verify requirement in immigration bill would affect California
Lawyers are watching to see if Congress makes a federal system used to check if prospective workers are allowed in the U.S. mandatory in a proposed immigration bill, a change that would affect California companies and unions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When Pacific Steel Casting Co. in Berkeley came under the scrutiny of the Department of Homeland Security in 2011 for possibly hiring undocumented immigrants, the company adopted a straightforward strategy to clear its name.
As a sign of good faith, the company signed up for E-Verify, a voluntary government program that compares employees' identification documents with information from federal d...
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