March 2013

What is E-Verify? E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It links to federal databases to help employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. While its usage is largely voluntary, some states have passed laws making it mandatory for certain businesses. Read more

March 2013 marks a milestone in American workforce history. One hundred years ago on March 4, then President William Howard Taft signed legislation creating the U.S. Department of Labor. The US DOL’s mission is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; Read more

Under the US Department of Housing and Urban Development banks engaged in extending loans for the purpose of purchasing, construction, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling or when the dwelling acts as security for the loan must display the mandatory poster. A bank or financial institution must conspicuously post either the Equal Housing Lender poster Read more