Earlier this year, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman signed into law a
bill that would require public employers, including state agencies, and
contractors working for public employers to use the federal
government’s E-Verify program to determine the employment eligibility
of all new hires. This law went into effect October 1. As of October 1,
all public employers must include in their contract with a contractor
the provision that the contractor use the E-Verify system to determine
all new hires’ employment eligibility. Additionally, for two years,
Nebraska’s Department of Labor will have available information about
E-Verify for private employers and will encourage the use of the
program by private employers.
Nebraska is the latest state to require the use of the E-Verify system
for public employers and their contractors. E-Verify is also required
in some form in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South
Carolina and Utah.
