New I-9 Handbook

March 4th, 2011 Posted by Amelia

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS, recently released a for employers. The complete updated 65-page I-9 handbook is available here. The new guide puts special emphasis on timeliness, name changes and an expanded FAQ section.

 

The is especially important because ICE, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency, has implemented more audits and increased actions against employers, rather than focusing on undocumented workers. In early 2011, ICE announced an immediate “blitz” of simultaneous I-9 audits of 500 different companies, to begin the next day.

 

Timeliness

The updated handbook reminds employers that an employee must not complete the I-9 until after a has been accepted. The first section of the I-9 can be completed any time between the acceptance and the employee’s first day of work, however, it should be completed no later than the first day of work. The employee has three business days to complete the documentation section of the . The new handbook clarifies that the first day of work does not count toward the three business days. An employee who starts work on Monday must complete Section 1 of the I-9 on Monday, and Section 2 by Thursday.

 

Name Changes

When an employee changes his or her (more…)

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New E-Verify Deadline

February 16th, 2009 Posted by Jolie

Effective May 21, 2009 companies entering into contracts will have to use E-Verify to double-check the and legal work status of new employees. This has been delayed from January 15, 2009. 

 

The Office of Management and Budget or OMB recently extended the deadline after a request by the SHRM, or Society of Human Resource Management.

 

President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel sent a memo to all federal agencies, suggesting that they delay effective dates of any regulations introduced during the last few months of the Bush Administration. SHRM had partnered with other business organizations to fight the new regulation in court.

 

The Department of Justice concurred with the SHRM request to delay the deadline. Although a federal district court judge in Maryland must review the delay, it seems certain to be approved.

 

This action gives (more…)

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New I-9 Deadline and Employer Comments

February 6th, 2009 Posted by Madison

The U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services or has given employers  a few more weeks to start using the new I-9 form.

 

Effective April 3, 2009 every U.S. employer will be required to use a revised version of the employment eligibility form – more familiarly known as the .

 

According to an interim rule that was published by the USCIS in December, 2008, employers were required to begin using the form on 2, 2009. That deadline has now been delayed by 60 days.

 

According to unnamed sources at the USCIS, the delay will provide adequate time to complete a full review of the form and the employment verification requirements. A notice of the delay will appear in the Register.

 

Employers are invited to comment on the new rule for 30 days, until 4, 2009.

 

A number of employment and regulatory deadlines set in the last few months of the Bush Administration have been postponed (more…)

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E-Verify for Federal Contractors

January 6th, 2009 Posted by Amelia

Beginning January 14, 2009, a rule requires federal contractors to use an electronic system like to check the immigration status and employment eligibility of every new employee, and old employees on certain sensitive federal projects.

 

A suit filed by , the Society for Human Resource Management, seeks to overturn that . SHRM has filed a federal suit with four other employer organizations to block the rule. In addition to SHRM, the December 23, 2008 suit was filed on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Associated Builders and Contractors, American Council on International Personnel and the Policy Association.

 

SHRM has asked the Bush administration to withdraw the proposed rule from consideration. The administration has declined, however, and employers should continue to use E-verify to comply with the law.

 

Under an from Bush, federal contractors and subcontractors (more…)

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New Visa Regulation Enforcement

August 20th, 2008 Posted by Madison

Employers should be aware of regulations imposed by the affecting permanent certification applications by certain employers.

 

The Labor Department announced in late July that it has begun stricter control of all pending permanent labor certification applications filed by (more…)

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