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February 18, 2010 10:20 AM-
Now Oklahoma can ask the state contractors to use E-Verify to confirm whether employees are eligible to work in the United States or not, as ruled by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Section 7(B); 7(c); and 9 of the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 were challenged by many groups. As a result, the A U.S. district court judge had issued a preliminary injunction that prohibited Oklahoma to enforce these three provisions of the law. The state had appealed the judgment before a panel of judges of the 10 th Circuit Court of Appeals.
As per Section 7(B), employers with state contracts have to use E-Verify to verify the work authorization status of their employees. Section 7(C) of the law prevents employers from terminating an authorized worker while retaining an employee that the employer knows or reasonably should know is unauthorized to work. Section 9 says that the contractors have to verify the work eligibility of their individual independent contractors or withhold certain taxes from those contractors. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. News Source: HR.BLR.com |
