HB2933: Increase in fines and criminal penalties when an employer fails to maintain employment records of an unauthorized employee

Legislative Summary

The purpose of this bill is to increase the fines and criminal penalties for employers who hire, retain, refer unauthorized enhances the criminal penalties and fines for crimes related to record keeping of the unauthorized employee. This bill also increases criminal penalties for an employer to willfully provides false records as to the legal status or authorization to work of any employee to the commissioner as well as increase criminal penalties and fines for employers that willfully and with fraudulent intent sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of substantially all of the employer's assets for the purpose of evading the record-keeping requirements. The bill also creates new criminal penalties and fines for any employer who knowingly, and willfully fails to send, by certified mail, a written notice to the commissioner that an unauthorized employee has been in the employ of the employer but said employment relationship has been immediately terminated upon the employer receiving information that an unauthorized employee is in their employer.