Hiring - APRO

HiringNavigatinga changinglegal landscapePracticesAnd the immigration debateFFaced with a dwindlingsupply of availableworkers, you maybe among the manyemployers looking to fill yourranks with foreign nationals.Hiring immigrants, afterall, has long been a valuedtechnique for getting thejob done in America. Today,though, employers need totread more carefully overwhat has become rougherlegal terrain. As the nation’sheadlines attest, employerscan be hit with stiff penaltieswhen errors are made hiringworkers from other nationswho are in the United Statestemporarily or permanently.By Phillip M. PerryFEBRUARY-MARCH 2008 21