Proposed "No-Match" Rule Delayed Until March 2008

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested a hold on a pending lawsuit against its proposed no-match regulation until March 2008.

The proposed regulation would have required the Social Security Administration send a "no-match" letter to employers in the instance that an employee's name and Social Security number do not match government records, and is therefore not authorized to work in the United States.

A letter filed November 23 with Judge Charles Breyer of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, by DHS said that the department would develop and publish a revised rule that would address concerns raised by the court.

In September a temporary restraining order had been granted against the DHS ruling to issue "no-match" letters to employers as part of a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). In October Judge Breyer delayed implementation of the rule indefinitely, explaining that "… if allowed to proceed, the mailing of no-match letters, accompanied by DHS's guidance letter, would result in irreparable harm to innocent workers and employers."

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