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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
I guess the worry might be that an employer, upon receiving such a letter, wouldn't bother trying to verify the employee's status and would simply fire him or her to avoid problems. After all, verification would be a hassle -- and how would you go about doing it, anyway? Much easier to simply get rid of the worker and be done with it.
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Employers are supposed to see social security cards with their own eyes. These can be faked as can picture IDs. The assumption should be that the employer does not know the employee is using a fake ID, and that by informing him, the govt is correcting his previous inability to ensure his compliance with the law.
The employee is required to ensure that his w-4 is correct. If legal workers have mistakes on their W-4 or in their withholding, it's very important that it gets corrected ASAP. 90 days is plenty of time to get mistakes corrected. If an employer fires a legal employee and it is the employer's error, the employee will be eligible for unemployment. In Texas, the employee is protected from improper termination.