Federal contractors and subcontractors are now required to use the E-Verify system as of September 08, 2009, to verify their employees’ eligibility to legally work in the United States.   In a final rule published in the Federal Register, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reflect this change.

The new rule implements Executive Order 12989, as amended by President George W. Bush on June 6, 2008, directing federal agencies to require that federal contractors agree to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their employees.   The amended Executive Order reinforces the policy, first announced in 1996, that the federal government does business with companies that have a legal workforce. This new rule requires federal contractors to agree, through language inserted into their federal contracts, to use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all persons hired during a contract term, and to confirm the employment eligibility of federal contractors’ current employees who perform contract services for the federal government within the United States.

The Executive Order calls for a thirty day compliance window; this will not be enough time to build E-Verify into the business processes of large organizations.

Once you receive a new Federal Contract, or amend an existing Federal Contract, you will have 30 days to comply.

The Form I-9 Compliance Solution for integrating with E-Verify is the simplest way for employers to comply with the FAR rule.

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