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Employers in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are finding themselves increasingly caught between the government?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s crackdown on illegal immigration and privacy and anti-discrimination laws that protect workers. ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????Unless you?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??re willing to break state or federal discrimination laws, there?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s no way you can guarantee you have a 100 percent legal workforce,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? said Kyle Natorp, president of Natorp Inc., the family-owned landscaping and nursery. Natorp was part of a government-business panel that drew about 50 people to a meeting to hear what employers need to know about immigration law and enforcement. Natorp has become a master at spotting bogus documents and he offered a host of helpful tips for detecting defective documentation. However, all the experts agreed immigration is not a clear-cut issue. ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????That?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s the Catch 22 we find ourselves in as employers,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Natorp said. ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????If we terminate an employee because their (Social Security) number doesn?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t match, we open ourselves to a discrimination lawsuit for breaking the labor laws. If we keep an employee and try to work through the system, we could fall under Homeland Security?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s constructive knowledge that we should have known they were illegal because their number didn?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t match. It?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s a no-win situation ?EUR??,,????'?????<??????????? you almost have to pick which law you are going to break.?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Source: Middletown Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer
Employers in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are finding themselves increasingly caught between the government?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s crackdown on illegal immigration and privacy and anti-discrimination laws that protect workers.
?EUR??,,????'?????<????????Unless you?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??re willing to break state or federal discrimination laws, there?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s no way you can guarantee you have a 100 percent legal workforce,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? said Kyle Natorp, president of Natorp Inc., the family-owned landscaping and nursery.
Natorp was part of a government-business panel that drew about 50 people to a meeting to hear what employers need to know about immigration law and enforcement.
Natorp has become a master at spotting bogus documents and he offered a host of helpful tips for detecting defective documentation. However, all the experts agreed immigration is not a clear-cut issue.
?EUR??,,????'?????<????????That?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s the Catch 22 we find ourselves in as employers,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Natorp said. ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????If we terminate an employee because their (Social Security) number doesn?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t match, we open ourselves to a discrimination lawsuit for breaking the labor laws. If we keep an employee and try to work through the system, we could fall under Homeland Security?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s constructive knowledge that we should have known they were illegal because their number didn?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t match. It?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s a no-win situation ?EUR??,,????'?????<??????????? you almost have to pick which law you are going to break.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
Source: Middletown Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer
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