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E-Verify Expansion Moves Through Senate Committee

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 16, 2022

A bill to expand the federal E-Verify program in the state progressed in the Tennessee Senate yesterday as part of an effort to crack down on the employment of undocumented workers, Tennessee Lookout reports. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved SB1780 after voting to increase the employee threshold. As introduced, the bill would have applied to businesses with 25 employees. The committee changed that to 35. Current law requires businesses with 50 employees or more to use E-Verify. The committee also voted to protect employers if an unauthorized employee applies for workers compensation due to an injury on the job. The state House approved its version of the bill earlier this month. Immigration advocates oppose the change, saying Tennessee already has one of the strictest E-verify laws in the nation.

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