Except from a ColoradoBiz article at COBizMag.com:
Posted 8/25/09
All employers are required to comply with a host of statutory and regulatory requirements when hiring new employees. Companies doing business with the federal and state government are required to observe additional employment law mandates, such as the payment of prevailing wage rates under the Davis Bacon Act or the Service Contract Act.
Last year, the federal government added a new requirement for all contractors—the E-Verify Program. The new program, which goes into effect on September 8, 2009, requires all contractors and any covered subcontractors to enroll in the E-Verify program within 30 calendar days after the contract or subcontract award date. Contractors must also start sending employment verification inquiries within 90 days of contract award.
The Department of Homeland Security website states that,
“E-Verify (formerly the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an online system operated jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Participating employers can check the work status of new hires online by comparing information from an employee’s I-9 form against SSA and Department of Homeland Security databases. More than 69,000 employers are enrolled in the program, with over 4 million queries run so far in fiscal year 2008. E-Verify is free and voluntary, and is the best means available for determining employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security Numbers.”
Charles Lucy has 20 plus years of diverse federal regulatory, business and litigation experience and practices in Holland & Hart’s Colorado Springs office. Mr. Lucy has technical expertise in commercial space law, university/government technology transfer programs, bid protests, ASBCA appeals, government contract audits, and general procurement matters. He can be reached at 719-475-6447.
John Scorsine is also in Holland & Hart’s Colorado Springs office and concentrates his practice in government contracting. He has negotiated contracts and other agreements within both governmental and private sectors and is knowledgeable of FAR and DFARS, as well as having experience in SBIR and STTR programs. He can be reached at 719-475-6496.