Federal & State Regulations | E-Verify - Oklahoma | J. J. Keller® Compliance Network

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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Federal contractors who receive qualifying contracts must participate in the E-Verify Program, using it to verify new employees and existing employees assigned to a federal contract (qualifying federal contractors may choose to verify the entire workforce). Employers without federal contracts are not required by federal law to use E-Verify, but they may be required to do so by state law.

In Oklahoma, state and local government agencies and private employers with government contracts must use E-Verify.

Editor's Note: This law (The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act) was the subject of a lawsuit in a U.S. district court, and its enforcement was initially postponed. On appeal, a circuit court ruled that the state may enforce the E-Verify provision of the legislation.