E-Verify is a free and easy-to-use internet based system run by the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) that lets employers make sure their new hires can legally work in the United States. It takes information entered on the employee’s Form I-9 and compares the information against existing records in the Social Security Administration or DHS. Employers may not use E-Verify to discriminate, such as prescreening applicants.

If you have an initial reported mismatch, also known as a “tentative non-confirmation” (TNC), you can contest it. Your employer will give you a referral letter with instructions, and you will have eight workdays to begin resolving the TNC. While you are resolving the TNC, the employer may not change your hire date, fire you, stop your training, lower or withhold your pay, or treat you differently.

For more information call 888-897-7781 or go to http://www.dhs.gov/E-verify.