E Verify...how hard would it be?

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Legitimate question.  How hard and expensive would it be to use e verify as a mandatory?

 

i worked in HR back in Canada.  I think a huge problem is that hiring managers allow people to just jot down numbers and don't check that they actually belong to them.  To my knowledge, my husband has never had to show his ssn card for any job.  Our department policy when I was working HR was that we had to physically see the social insurance number on a card (or now government issued paper) and copy it.

 

i personally support E Verify and realize that it doesn't solve every problem.  Specifically the cash job industry like landscaping, nail technicians, entertainers etc.

 

would it work?

[yuna628 9,889]

If I can't even get the HR in big companies to understand what an EAD is compared to a green card, E-verify might be a stretch for some of them. I don't see why it can't be standard practice for everyone though. But this is all part of a system that needs modernization and ways to eliminate errors. The expensive part I suppose is really in providing training for the HR or hiring managers to understand what they are doing properly.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

52 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

Legitimate question.  How hard and expensive would it be to use e verify as a mandatory?

 

i worked in HR back in Canada.  I think a huge problem is that hiring managers allow people to just jot down numbers and don't check that they actually belong to them.  To my knowledge, my husband has never had to show his ssn card for any job.  Our department policy when I was working HR was that we had to physically see the social insurance number on a card (or now government issued paper) and copy it.

 

i personally support E Verify and realize that it doesn't solve every problem.  Specifically the cash job industry like landscaping, nail technicians, entertainers etc.

 

would it work?

Not at all. It is in Georgia 

[TBoneTX 47,693]

I've not researched specific examples, but how many times and in what circumstances has E-Verify failed or proved to be inaccurate?  In such instances, what's the recourse?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

I've not researched specific examples, but how many times and in what circumstances has E-Verify failed or proved to be inaccurate?  In such instances, what's the recourse?

If it comes up with a mismatch the applicant has so many days to go to SS Office and correct it . I have never had a false positive 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

If it comes up with a mismatch the applicant has so many days to go to SS Office and correct it . I have never had a false positive 

Are companies able to overlook a mismatch?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

4 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

Are companies able to overlook a mismatch?

Not in Ga

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Before e-verify, all you had to do was fill out an I-9, with two accepted forms of ID. The good ID's in Atlanta where about 1200. Cheap about 400. Of course many times a legal would let them borrow their ID. All done with a wink and a nod, because under federal law you have no liability in confirming the two pieces of ID are valid.

 

I have seen SS card with 7 numbers and people that were 27 that had ids that claimed they were 52.

 

The govt is not going to attack the problem at the easiest point to fix, because . well you know why

[Umka36 781]

I found the following site helpful about E-Verify.

 

https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/global-hr/Pages/E-Verify-Accuracy-Improving.aspx

 

 

[yuna628 9,889]

I don't even know if my husband's employer participated with E-verify and that is certainly a very large college with a lot of staff. An I-9 was completed of course, and he presented his SSN and green card, background check, and drug screen. It's apparently only voluntary in the state he works in.

[Póg mo 1,749]

7 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

Legitimate question.  How hard and expensive would it be to use e verify as a mandatory?

 

i worked in HR back in Canada.  I think a huge problem is that hiring managers allow people to just jot down numbers and don't check that they actually belong to them.  To my knowledge, my husband has never had to show his ssn card for any job.  Our department policy when I was working HR was that we had to physically see the social insurance number on a card (or now government issued paper) and copy it.

 

i personally support E Verify and realize that it doesn't solve every problem.  Specifically the cash job industry like landscaping, nail technicians, entertainers etc.

 

would it work?

It probably wouldn't be that difficult, but the old argument was that we already had enough laws, plus I am not I like the idea, without first doing something to change the status of the millions of people who are already here. People broke the law, but why should only immigrants be punished, for something that many Americans themselves clearly benefited from. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

38 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

It probably wouldn't be that difficult, but the old argument was that we already had enough laws, plus I am not I like the idea, without first doing something to change the status of the millions of people who are already here. People broke the law, but why should only immigrants be punished, for something that many Americans themselves clearly benefited from. 

It would be as easy as passing a law mandating it. It is illegal to use E verify to screen persons already employed 

[spookyturtle 9,466]

E-verify should be mandatory. Both parties should be ashamed for selling out the American worker.

[Boiler 47,716]

E-verify is racist.