Things Have Changed with E-Verify
“On Sunday, June 13th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolled out what it claimed to be a newly-designed, improved and user-friendly E-Verify, continuing its promotion and marketing of the E-Verify system with its announcement of a system-wide redesign. The GT compliance team agrees that the look and feel of E-Verify has substantially improved with this update, along with the number of tools now available to employers to track alerts and close cases.”
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Human Capital Management
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E-verify, The Risk To Federal Contractors
E-Verify will soon be required of all federal contractors. Many state legislatures are also enacting state laws mandating employer use of E-Verify. Federal (and in many states, state) contractors are now required to participate in the E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. Although E-Verify is an extension of and improvement for the existing I-9 laws all employee, it is also directed at illegal immigrant work authorization.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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Punishing Employers: ICE has a Renewed Commitment
The strategy is a 2-pronged approach. It includes aggressive criminal and civil penalties against employers who knowingly violate immigration laws, and continues to implement programs such as E-Verify (verifies employment eligibility to work in the United States) and IMAGE.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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The Key to Immigration Compliance – Know Your Workforce
ICE agents use many tools to conduct these worksite enforcement investigations, among them ICE’s Forensic Documents Laboratory, which determines the authenticity of documents used to establish employment eligibility. ICE also works with the private sector to educate employers about their responsibilities to hire only authorized workers and how to accurately verify employment eligibility.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
Avoid an Immigration Audit – Steps You Can Take
Are there steps you can take to avoid an immigration audit? Employment is usually the primary motivating factor for individuals to reside in the U.S. illegally. The purpose of the employment eligibility verification laws is to remove the incentive to illegally reside and work in the U.S. by requiring employers to hire only individuals who may legally work in this country.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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What You Don’t Know Could Be Costly – Eligibility Verification
The forms can be confusing and difficult to complete, and employers often make mistakes that cost their companies thousands of dollars in penalties and sanctions, and even criminal prosecution. Federal immigration officials or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may ask a company to produce accurate I-9 records and failure to do so constitutes a violation.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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Are You Required to Complete Form I-9 on Domestic Help?
Lawyers, accountants and other responsible professionals never think to prepare a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification on domestic household help. Form I-9’s are absolutely required for such domestic employees. Suddenly, my audience realizes they have an important job to take care of at home. This omission could cause them great public personal embarrassment.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
What Businesses Are Targets For Ice Inspections?
ICE selects the businesses that will be targeted for inspection. Certain industries may be under closer watch, such as construction, manufacturing, hotels and restaurants. However, all employers are subject to inspection. It doesn’t mean just because your business is not in one of these categories that ICE won’t visit you next.
Many, many times, ICE acts on the basis of a tip from a “concerned citizen”. Some ICE raids are the result of a tip form a disgruntled employee, unhappy customer, or mean-spirited competitor.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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Employers Are Receiving Increased Penalties
Employers are required to maintain a Form I-9 for all current employees, irrespective of their national origin or citizenship. In addition, employers must carefully retain these I-9 Forms in their own Form I-9 file. Keeping the I-9 Forms in personnel files is not appropriate.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
Increasing Form I-9 Penalties For Employers
The law requires employers to protect our national heritage of legal immigration and to preserve jobs for those who are legally entitled to them. The law also prohibits any discrimination on the basis of foreign appearance, language or name. There are serious civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate the law.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
