The California Department of Public Health recently directed its employees to reconfirm their eligibility to work in the United States using E-Verify, a federal employment eligibility verification system, to prevent the loss of federal funding. The public health department, which has over 4,500 full-time employees, said the new system E-Verify+ would help modernize the agency’s human resources process.
The requirement that federal contractors use E-Verify to confirm employees are legally allowed to work in the United States has been a rule for over a decade, Bracewell’s Robert Wagman told The Sacramento Bee.
Wagman said that the requirement to verify workers’ employment eligibility differs for federal contracts and grants. “A lot of state agencies get money through federal grants where this would not necessarily apply,” he said.
