Our current payroll is 73 people, half of which are Hispanic. Of the half
that are Hispanic, about half are citizens via birth and have lived locally
for years. The remaining 1/4 of our work force flow in and out of a
revolving door. First we require an employment application to be filled
out, completely... any blanks and it get's tossed. Last job in Mexico?
Sorry. We require 3 forms of ident, at least one with a pic, a green
card/work permit, and SS card. Usually we can pick out the forgeries if we
ask for enough ident. If we question anything, they simply aren't hired.
We refuse to deal with migrant labor contractors or hire migrants, they must
establish a local residence and are required to "intend" to maintain that
residence year 'round. Whether they do or not is up to them, but if they
leave for an extended period, they don't get hired back. This is about the
best we can do to keep the illegals out, and frankly, it works pretty good.
We find that if you ask enough questions that they don't have answers for,
they'll leave and never come back. Word travels fast amoung the illegals
when you require enough documentation and ask enough questions. They simply
don't apply.

Our starting rate is $6.00 per hour, plus another $2.50 in non-smoking and
attendence bonuses. Tomorrow, every employee that fails to show up for work
on time will loose a $1.00 per hour attendence bonus for all hours worked
this coming week, expected to be around 50 hours. If they miss 25% of the
weekly bonuses for the quarter, they loose the quarterly attendence bonus of
$1.00 per hour for all hours worked that quarter, normally around $500-$600.
Those that don't come to work tomorrow will recieve their official warning
regarding attendence, miss work the next time and it's grounds for dismisal
with no available un-employment benefits.

It works for us, YMMV

Jim