IFA and industry groups sue to stop "no-match" rule: firing workers required under immigration "no-match" rule.(FW FOCUS: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)(International Franchise Association)

Franchising World, October, 2007 by French, David

The International Franchise Association has joined a group of national trade associations to intervene in an AFL-CIO lawsuit in the Northern District of California over the new Department of Homeland Security "No-Match" Rule. On Aug. 31, a federal judge blocked the agency from mailing Social Security "no-match letters" to an estimated 140,000 employers until following an Oct. 1 preliminary hearing. The letters were the first wave of notices for businesses that workers failing to resolve discrepancies in their records within 90 days must be fired, or else employers face potential fines and even criminal liability for hiring illegal immigrants.

The lawsuit challenges the federal government under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Regulatory Flexibility...

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