Friday, November 20, 2009
ARIZONA FILES FIRST EMPLOYER SANCTIONS COMPLAINT
Nearly two years after Arizona’s tough employer sanctions law went in to effect, the state is proceeding with its first civil complaint against an employer under the rule. According to the Associated Press:
County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Scottsdale Art Factory manager Michelle Hardas used a subcontractor' who was an illegal immigrant to avoid the law's requirement that employees be legal
workers.
A woman who answered the business' phone and did not identify herself said Hardas was unavailable and 'we have no comment.'
Thomas said Hardas directed the illegal immigrant, Hilario Santiago-Hernandez, to create a company called Santiago Furniture in April specifically to circumvent the law. He said sheriff's investigators have
Hardas on tape telling Santiago that she was 'trying to get around the system ... and change the rules so that I can make you be hired.'
The civil suit asks a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to suspend Scottsdale Art Factory's business license for at least 10 days, and order the custom furniture maker to fire illegal workers and
comply with state law.
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Nearly two years after Arizona’s tough employer sanctions law went in to effect, the state is proceeding with its first civil complaint against an employer under the rule. According to the Associated Press:
County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Scottsdale Art Factory manager Michelle Hardas used a subcontractor' who was an illegal immigrant to avoid the law's requirement that employees be legal
workers.
A woman who answered the business' phone and did not identify herself said Hardas was unavailable and 'we have no comment.'
Thomas said Hardas directed the illegal immigrant, Hilario Santiago-Hernandez, to create a company called Santiago Furniture in April specifically to circumvent the law. He said sheriff's investigators have
Hardas on tape telling Santiago that she was 'trying to get around the system ... and change the rules so that I can make you be hired.'
The civil suit asks a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to suspend Scottsdale Art Factory's business license for at least 10 days, and order the custom furniture maker to fire illegal workers and
comply with state law.
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