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From: Tadsamillionaire	5/6/2008 9:04:55 PM
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New labor force A revised version of the state's employer sanctions bill is sitting on Governor Napolitano's desk, waiting for approval. It only penalizes employers who knowingly hired undocumented workers after January 1st of this year. It's a clarification of some muddled language in the current law, but for some business owners, the clarification comes too late. Many have already had to do some re-structuring. The employer sanctions law has been in effect for almost four months and business owners are starting to get a better sense of the impact it has had. Sheridan Bailey, owner of Phoenix-based Ironco, said the reality is never as scary as the fear and the change hasn't been as detrimental as he thought it would. Bailey said the company did lose some productivity when he first let about a dozen undocumented workers go at the end of last year, but he said they've caught up with the help of a new and diverse workforce, including veterans and people with criminal pasts. "The difference is in the amount of effort we put in recruiting, hiring, retaining people who are not experienced and maybe have a block on their record," said Bailey. He said they are giving people new opportunities. "We're more willing to work with people in those circumstances than we would be if we had a line of 9 or 10 guys out front qualified to take these jobs," said Bailey. He said he had to let many skilled workers go because of the employer sanctions law, employees he said were motivated to work because their families were suffering from poverty. But now he said they are hiring workers motivated by their circumstances, wanting to improve their lives. "It's just a different environment than the one our country is used to," said Bailey. azcentral.com

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