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Article: Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Legal Arizona Workers Act.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- September 25, 2008
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In a February 2008 ASAP article, Eyes on the Workforce: Legal Arizona Workers Act Withstands Constitutional Scrutiny, we discussed the federal district court ruling upholding the Legal Arizona Workers Act ("the Act"). On September 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision affirming the district court judgment. The Act, initially passed by the Arizona legislature in July 2007 and amended in May 2008, penalizes employers that knowingly or intentionally hire undocumented workers in Arizona by suspending or revoking their business licenses. The Act also requires that all Arizona employers use E-Verify, the online employment eligibility verification program, to ...