HB0877 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses, Employees, Employers, Immigrants, Titles, Short

Companion Bill SB1870. Immigrants - Enacts the "Employer Responsibility in Hiring Practices Act." - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0877 / SB1870Increase State Expenditures - $1,527,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0877 / SB1870 This bill requires persons who hire employees on and after January 1, 2008, including contract employees, to verify immigration status prior to hiring an individual. Such verification would be accomplished by: (1) Obtaining lawful resident verification information from the individual prior to the individual's employment and maintaining such information in the individual's personnel file for the entire period of employment and for no less than two years thereafter; and (2) Confirming immigration [...]

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