State Laws and Employer I-9 Employment Verification Responsibilities
Colorado HB 1343 (signed 6/6/2006) prohibits state agencies from entering into contract agreements with contractors who knowingly employ illegal immigrants and requires prospective contractors to verify legal work status of all employees. The contractor must confirm that the Basic Pilot Program has been used to verify the status of all employees. If the contractor discovers that an illegal alien is employed, the contractor must alert the state agency within 3 days.
Link to the full article below
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
DHS Test for Employer’s “Constructive Knowledge”
Form I-9 errors and violations of the I-9 employer sanctions laws. The new ICE I-9 workplace enforcement strategy targets employers. Employers must complete a Form I-9 for every new hire. Thus, employers must have a Form I-9 properly completed and on file for every employee on its payroll (hired after 1986). Employers are required to make its Forms I-9 available for inspection on three days’ notice.
You can read the full article below.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
ICE Storm Hitting Employers Form I-9 Compliance
What employers view as simple insignificant omissions and errors on the Form I-9 end up being very significant in the eyes of an ICE forensic auditor. Each of these “clerical errors” will cost an employer major fines – often totalling tens of thousands of dollars. Most of the employers I work with are in a state of denial about the importance of I-9 compliance , the Form I-9 and the serious nature of an ICE inspection.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.i9okay.com/blog/?p=150
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
DHS Announces Numerous Workplace Enforcement Initiatives
The Obama Administration has made workforce compliance the focus of its immigration enforcement efforts. In April 2009, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the agency would shift its enforcement focus away from undocumented immigrants and onto employers. DHS is approaching compliance and enforcement on many fronts, ranging from these expanded audits and site visits to stricter adjudication policies and increased incidence of requests for evidence (RFEs) by immigration examiners.
Read the full article below.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
Small Business Owners Feel Vulnerable to Employment Charges In a Weak Economy
The survey of small business owners found that 42 percent felt more vulnerable to employment charges because of a weak economy and recession-fueled layoffs. And 60 percent were aware of new employment laws and legislation that could maker it easier for workers to file an employment-related claim or lawsuit.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/small-business-owners-feel-vulnerable,1080495.shtml
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
Immigration Compliance Updates – Turning the Page
On November 19, 2009, John Morton, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced that 1,000 new Notices of Inspection had been sent to employers across the U.S. This second round of administrative investigations follows 654 I-9 audits initiated in July of 2009.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.huschblackwell.com/newsDetail.aspx?id=97ada7b4-cbdf-4fa2-9de9-d6c187d78a20
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
Government Steps Up Its Immigration Enforcement Work
“This round of 2,000 audits that began in the summer is probably just the leading edge of a much bigger wave of audit activity,” said Bryan Little, California Farm Bureau Federation director of labor affairs. “This helps illustrate agriculture’s critical need for immigration reform, sooner rather than later.”
You can read the full article below.
http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=1442&ck=F69E505B08403AD2298B9F262659929A
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
What HR Needs To Do Now About Form I-9 Audits
The feds haven’t finished the first massive I-9 audit, and they’ve already announced a new round — this time targeting 1,000 employers.
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent notices of inspection (NOIs) to 1,000 businesses, alerting them that feds want to look at their I-9 records.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.hrmorning.com/feds-crack-down-on-i-9s-1000-more-audits/
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
DHS Announces Numerous Workplace Enforcement Initiatives
In recent meetings with the business community and communications with Capitol Hill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said that it will be focusing on workforce immigration compliance, including stepped up Form I-9 audits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), more visits from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) site inspectors, and a campaign to raise the public’s awareness about worksite compliance.
Read the full article below.
http://www.worldwideerc.org/Resources/Immigration/Documents/fragomen-20091124.html
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
888-884-3910
Is E-Verify Between A Rock And A Hard Place?
Is E-Verify meeting all of its expectations? As of this writing, the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] has made the E-Verify program mandatory for most federal contractors [effective 9/8/2009.] It has also been a voluntary program for all employers since 1997, which DHS is now utilizing aggressively, along with other enforcement measures.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,1208-krasnogor.shtm
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
