The E-Verify or I-9 is a vital part of background checks, especially for any contractors with the federal and state governments as well as certain related agencies.  The E-Verify is part of the Department of Homeland Security and upon submission, the I-9 will return confirmation that an employee is eligible to work in the United [...]

As most employers know, if you are a federal contractor it is now the law to conduct E-Verify or I9 background checks to be sure your employees are legitimately eligible to work in the United States.  Any employer who does not comply with the new law can lose its business contracts with the federal government. [...]

We are receiving so much contradictory information about the economy and its recovery it is tough to know who and what to believe.  The other day,  Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, announced the recession may be over.   Other pundits claim we have almost turned the economy around, but not quite.  Still others predict a double [...]

American Apparel is being forced to lay off some 1,500 workers.   Ture, the apparel industry is experience an economic downturn, but that is, ostensibly, not the reason for the massive layoffs that amounts to more than ten percent of its workers.  According to the Los Angeles Times, federal inspectors two months earlier had discovered 1,600 [...]