Illinois workers file complaint over E-Verify
October 21, 2009 by Dissent
Filed under Breaches, Surveillance, U.S., Workplace
Sophia Tareen of Associated Press reports:
Former workers at two suburban Chicago businesses filed complaints Tuesday saying their employers violated state law by using the E-Verify database to help determine the employees’ legal status to work after they were hired.
The complaints are the first filed regarding the E-Verify system in Illinois, the state which has historically taken the strongest stance against the use of the controversial federal online database.
Read more in The Chicago Tribune.