Immigration concerns, identity theft, suspected terrorists on the loose — let’s face it, some folks are a little on edge these days. Which puts added pressure on Payroll to make sure new hires aren’t pulling any funny business. Fortunately, there’s help on the way. 

The Dept. of Homeland Security has designated E-Verify as a mandatory employment verification system for all federal contractors.

The free Web-based program is run by the Citizenship and Immigration Services in partnership with the Social Security Administration.

If you’re enrolled to use the system, it can tell you within seconds if a new hire’s information shows he or she is cleared to work in this country.

So far, more than 4 million employment verifications have been run (by more than 69,000 employers). With success: 99.5% of qualified employees have been cleared automatically through E-verify.

Tags: Fraud prevention, Homeland Security, Resource, SSA