Barletta wants employers to verify workers’ status
BY JILL WHALEN
STAFF WRITER
07/16/2008

HAZLETON — All employers in the United States must have their workers complete a short form to prove they are eligible for employment.

Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta wants businesses to follow the law — and asked them to promote the fact that their employees are documented workers.

Barletta, with the help of representatives from an employment verification service, issued the “Lou Barletta I-9 Challengeâ€