DHS Bolsters Enforcement of Employers With No-Match Rule
The clock would start ticking when companies receive a letter from the Social Security Administration indicating that employees’ names or Social Security numbers on tax forms don’t match federal records.
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August 9, 2007
DHS Bolsters Enforcement of Employers With No-Match Rule

Major immigration reform legislation may be dormant, but the regulatory process is about to bloom with new—and potentially costly—demands on employers to ensure that their workforces are legal.

Under a pending rule from the Department of Homeland Security, companies will have to take steps upon notice from the government to resolve discrepancies in workers’ tax information that they previously could ignore.

The clock would start ticking when companies receive a letter from the Social Security Administration indicating that employees’ names or Social Security numbers on tax forms don’t match federal records.

If work authorization or identity can’t be confirmed within about two months, companies would have to fire employees or face steep fines.

Currently, an employer is not compelled to do anything with what are called “no-matchâ€