Update.

A federal court has ruled to temporarily delay the effective date of the Department of Homeland Security's Social Security No Match rule. Several labor organizations filed a lawsuit with the federal district court in San Francisco challenging the rule and requesting that the court prevent it from taking effect on September 14, 2007. In response, the court decided in favor of a temporary delay of the effective date, and scheduled a hearing for October 1, 2007 to review the lawsuit.

Employers are urged to remember that this delay is only temporary. They should continue to familiarize themselves with the rule, and be prepared to be in immediate compliance whenever it should take effect.