The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed amending its regulations by rescinding its safe-harbor procedures for employers who receive a no-match letter.<\/p>\n
DHS recently announced that it has rescinded regulations which provided a safe harbor for employers who took specific steps in response to receiving a Social Security Administration (SSA) \u201cemployer correction request,\u201d informally referred to as an employer \u201cno-match\u201d letter. The SSA issues a no-match letter when an employer\u2019s W-2 information fails to match SSA records. Employers annually send the SSA millions of earnings reports (W-2 forms) in which the combination of an employee\u2019s name and social security number (SSN) does not match SSA records.<\/p>\n
As background, various persons sued DHS and the court hearing the suit granted an injunction against implementation of these provisions. The regulations provided an expanded definition of circumstances leading to \u201cconstructive knowledge\u201d under which an employer could legally be charged with \u201cknowing\u201d that an employee was (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed amending its regulations by rescinding its safe-harbor procedures for employers who receive a no-match letter. DHS recently announced that it has rescinded regulations which provided a safe harbor for employers who took…<\/span><\/p>\n