New April I-9 Form Deadline

March 27th, 2009 Posted by Cara

The for employers’ compliance with changes to the is April 3, 2009.

 

Essentially, the U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services, the agency in charge, has given employers a several-weeks .

 

Action by the has helped the cause of those seeking a delay. Numerous and regulatory deadlines put into action by the during its final months were postponed recently. Chief of Staff of the White House, , put out a memo urging federal agencies to take an additional 60 or 90 days to review all of those policies. The intention was to insure that the policies would be consistent with the standards of President .

 

An interim rule published by the in December of 2008 originally required all employers in the U.S. to begin using a new I-9 form by February 2, 2009. Under the new regulations, (more…)

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New E-Verify Deadline

March 18th, 2009 Posted by Jolie

The Society of Human Resource Management () has successfully petitioned the Obama administration to delay implementation of a law requiring some employers to use E-Verify when checking on new employees’ immigration and work status.

 

SHRM’s director of government affairs, , said the ’ organization is hoping that the Obama team’s delay “signals an interest, on the part of the government, to re-evaluate the rule.” According to the rules approved under the , contractors would be required to use to insure that any employees on were legally allowed to work in the U.S.

 

The original date for plan compliance was January 1, 2009. The new is May 21, 2009.

 

Mr. Aitken said the SHRM was concerned (more…)

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