State Offering Training in Your Community on New State Illegal Immigration Law

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) has scheduled training sessions at technical colleges across the state in December and January to help employers understand and know how to comply with the new state immigration law.

Governor Mark Sanford, on June 4, 2008, signed into law the "South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act". In addition to complying with I–9 requirements, all employers are required to verify the legal status of employees. One way to do so is through the Department of Homeland Security's online database called E–verify; another is to determine that the employee has a South Carolina driver's license or other government issued identity document. The statute also sets penalties, including fines and loss of business licenses, for failing to get verification and for knowingly hiring an illegal immigrant. Read More State Offering Training in Your Community on New State Illegal Immigration Law