04-23-2009, 09:46 PM
If you own a business, if you know someone that owns a business or if you shop in a business let them know about this ruling in Illinois. Remind them how many Americans are out of work....
April 22, 2009
Court Strikes Down Illinois Ban on E-Verify
A federal court sitting in Illinois has stricken down a controversial 2007 Illinois law, dubbed âThe Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act,â which barred the stateâs employers from using the federal E-Verify system to determine whether job applicants were legally allowed to work in the country.
Historically, over 900 Illinois employers have used E-Verify, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Illinois bill recognized E-Verifyâs well-publicized problems related to the speed and accuracy of its results and prohibited employers from using it until it became more accurate and more efficient, and yielded correct results 99 percent of the time.
DHS challenged the law in federal court, arguing that it was unconstitutional because it frustrated the federal governmentâs intention in developing the E-Verify system for employersâ use. The filing of the suit delayed the lawâs January 1, 2008, effective date pending the results of the litigation.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois agreed with DHS, finding the state law invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because it thwarted Congressâs intention that employers use the system. The case is United States v. Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, No. 07-3261 (3/12/09).
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April 22, 2009
Court Strikes Down Illinois Ban on E-Verify
A federal court sitting in Illinois has stricken down a controversial 2007 Illinois law, dubbed âThe Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act,â which barred the stateâs employers from using the federal E-Verify system to determine whether job applicants were legally allowed to work in the country.
Historically, over 900 Illinois employers have used E-Verify, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Illinois bill recognized E-Verifyâs well-publicized problems related to the speed and accuracy of its results and prohibited employers from using it until it became more accurate and more efficient, and yielded correct results 99 percent of the time.
DHS challenged the law in federal court, arguing that it was unconstitutional because it frustrated the federal governmentâs intention in developing the E-Verify system for employersâ use. The filing of the suit delayed the lawâs January 1, 2008, effective date pending the results of the litigation.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois agreed with DHS, finding the state law invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because it thwarted Congressâs intention that employers use the system. The case is United States v. Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, No. 07-3261 (3/12/09).
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