Local employer sanctions law complaints on the rise
Joanna Dodder Nellans

PRESCOTT - After a relatively slow start, the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office received eight complaints this past week about employers allegedly hiring illegal workers in violation of the state’s new employer sanctions law.

In the previous three weeks, the office received a total of only six complaints, said Jack Fields, supervisory deputy for the office’s civil division.

“We’ve had a fairly busy week,â€