22-5-1.7-12. Contractor and subcontractor prohibited from knowingly employing or contracting with unauthorized alien; thirty days to remedy violation; rebuttable presumption

IN Code § 22-5-1.7-12 (2019) (N/A)

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Sec. 12. (a) A contractor or a subcontractor may not:

(1) knowingly employ or contract with an unauthorized alien; or

(2) retain an employee or contract with a person that the contractor or subcontractor subsequently learns is an unauthorized alien.

(b) If a contractor violates this section, the state agency, political subdivision, or public agency shall require the contractor to remedy the violation not later than thirty (30) days after the date the state agency, political subdivision, or public agency notifies the contractor of the violation.

(c) There is a rebuttable presumption that a contractor did not knowingly employ an unauthorized alien if the contractor verified the work eligibility status of the employee through the E-Verify program.

As added by P.L.171-2011, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.252-2015, SEC.33.

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