Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Missouri: Senator says immigration amendment is ‘game-killing’ Sen. Tim Green, D-St. Louis, said the state loses payments for workers’ compensation and unemployment when businesses label their workers as contractors and not employees. He said the Legislature should reward “the contractor who wakes up everyday and abides by the rules.”
But Nolte said he’s concerned about the amount of power the provision would give to the attorney general and whether the entire issue should be connected to the illegal immigration issue. Before the session began, cracking down on illegal immigrants was a priority for lawmakers. Supporters of the immigration bill have said it is particularly important to add penalties for employers because they are a magnet that attracts illegal immigrants into the state. But the prospect of new restrictions on businesses has created problems. Besides worker misclassification, the immigration legislation also tries to get businesses to start using a federal E-Verify program to check whether a newly hired employee is allowed to work. Rupp’s bill requires all public employers — such as those working for state departments and school districts — use the federal database. State contractors would need to use it, too. Private employers wouldn’t need to use E-Verify, but if they were caught knowingly hiring an illegal immigrant, their company would risk losing its business license. Employers who use the database would have a defense against claims that they had knowingly hired an illegal immigrant. Private employers who don’t use the database would have to start if they are found hiring an illegal immigrant. 
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