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Mobile County Commission to vote on penalties for companies hiring illegal aliens
Posted by Rhoda Pickett, Staff Reporter August 06, 2009 5:45 PM
Categories: Politics
MOBILE, Ala. -- The Mobile County Commission is set to vote Monday on a policy to penalize companies that hire illegal workers on county public works projects. Violators would be barred from bidding on such projects for two years.
Companies "providing more than $50,000 or more in labor, materials or supplies for a public works contract" would have to make employee records available for inspection and would be subject to random audits, according to the policy.
They would violate the policy if they had three or more illegal workers assigned to one or more of the contracts. Their subcontractors would also be required to have workers who are citizens or legal immigrants.
The policy would take effect Oct. 1.
Contractors could avoid running afoul of the policy by either:
-- Hiring workers through a local, state or federal work program, the state of Alabama Employment Service or a third party employer that verifies Social Security numbers and the legal status of workers.
-- Making use of federal electronic verification of worker eligibility, also known as the e-Verify Program.
I'm not against people coming here for a better life but they must be legal.I hope this is just a beginning for other goverment agencies to start policing themselves instead of hoping on the feds to do it.
Posted by Rhoda Pickett, Staff Reporter August 06, 2009 5:45 PM
Categories: Politics
MOBILE, Ala. -- The Mobile County Commission is set to vote Monday on a policy to penalize companies that hire illegal workers on county public works projects. Violators would be barred from bidding on such projects for two years.
Companies "providing more than $50,000 or more in labor, materials or supplies for a public works contract" would have to make employee records available for inspection and would be subject to random audits, according to the policy.
They would violate the policy if they had three or more illegal workers assigned to one or more of the contracts. Their subcontractors would also be required to have workers who are citizens or legal immigrants.
The policy would take effect Oct. 1.
Contractors could avoid running afoul of the policy by either:
-- Hiring workers through a local, state or federal work program, the state of Alabama Employment Service or a third party employer that verifies Social Security numbers and the legal status of workers.
-- Making use of federal electronic verification of worker eligibility, also known as the e-Verify Program.
I'm not against people coming here for a better life but they must be legal.I hope this is just a beginning for other goverment agencies to start policing themselves instead of hoping on the feds to do it.
