---
type: threshold
id: irca
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "IRCA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees
source_quote: "Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) The <https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1200> Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) requires you to only hire and retain employees who are legally authorized to work in the United States."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "IRCA"
full_name: "Immigration Reform and Control Act"
employee_threshold: "1"
requirement: "requires you to only hire and retain employees who are legally authorized to work in the United States"
---
**Law:** IRCA

**Full name:** Immigration Reform and Control Act

**Employee threshold:** 1

**Requirement:** requires you to only hire and retain employees who are legally authorized to work in the United States

> Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) The <https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1200> Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) requires you to only hire and retain employees who are legally authorized to work in the United States.

Source: <https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees>