Managing Hospitality Human Resources Robert H.Woods p.18 Reform and Control Act “The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was design to regulate the employment of aliens in the United States. Under this act employers with four or more employees are prohibited from discriminating against applicants on the basis of citizenship or nationality.”
About 11 million illegal reside in the U.S., according to Department of Homeland Security estimates.In the past year, the department criminally charged a record 180 owners, employers and managers, compared with 114 in 2009. Since January 2009, it has imposed about $50 million in fines on businesses that employed illegal immigrantsLast month, for instance, clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch agreed to pay $1.04 million to settle charges that the company had deficiencies in its employee-verification system.According to the existing federal law, employers are not allowed to keep the original certified copies of the employee’s birth certificates for the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification processing. Employers can only have the photocopies of those birth certificates. In case, employers choose to keep the photocopies of the documents, then they should carry out the process for all irrespective of their national origin or citizenship status.
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