The Wayne State College Student Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management’s presented “An Overview of E-Verify” in Gardner Auditorium yesterday.

The fast, easy to use, E-Verify program takes the information from Form I-9 and electronically verifies the employment eligibility of newly hired employees and existing employees assigned to work on a qualifying federal contract.

The WSC Student Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) hosted three representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and one representative from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share information about E-Verify.

“E-Verify is a good program to make sure I-9s are filled out completely and properly so companies don’t get fined or audited for having illegal employees,” Dave Sullivan, a special agent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said.

The presentation was open to Wayne and Northeast Nebraska community members, small business owners, Human Resource departments and students.

“It was a good turnout with students and community members,” Dr. David Kufner, SHRM advisor, said.
Melanie Mangers, one of the representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, presented the information to the audience.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 forbids employers from knowingly hiring individuals who do not have work authorization in the United States. After being hired, a person must fill out Form I-9 to comply with the act and to verify employment eligibility.

After sending the information from the I-9 through E-Verify, the employer gets an answer quickly from either Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security whether the person is eligible for employment or not.

If the information from an employee’s Form I-9 does not match the government database there will be A Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC). Common reasons for a TNC are the identification of the document could not be verified, a name change was not reported or information was not entered correctly in E-Verify.

If a TNC does occur, an employee can either contest to figure out the problem or not contest. If the employee does contest, he will be referred to an appropriate agency to handle the situation.

E-Verify also has an imitation program that can be helpful when seeking a career. Self Check is an online service that lets job seekers make sure their records are accurate before an employer checks their employment eligibility.

“The presentation was full of practical information,” Kufner said.