STATE E-VERIFY LAW BEGINS TO TAKE EFFECT

A North Carolina law requiring employers to verify their workers legal status is beginning to roll out, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The free online system is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is in addition to the I-9 form each employee must complete when hired. Federal contractors have been required to use…

MANAGER FIRED AFTER ESCAPING ROBBERY

An Arby’s Restaurant in Dayton, Ohio, has fired its assistant general manager after she had to jump through the store’s drive-through window to escape a knife-wielding robber. What’s Arby’s beef? Archer, the company says, violated a company rule. According to the Dayton Daily News, assistant manager Mary Archer had been closing up the store when…