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- House Proposes Piecemeal Immigration Approach
- New Immigration Bill Mandates E-Verify
- USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9, Employers must use new I-9
- Colorado Becomes Ninth State to Prohibits Use of Consumer Credit Information in Employment
- Stakeholder Teleconference Invitation – Revised Form I-9
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House Proposes Piecemeal Immigration Approach
The U.S. House of Representatives has begun rolling out its immigration-reform legislation one issue at a time as the Senate announced that its comprehensive approach (S. 744) is scheduled to begin committee markup May 9, 2013, the first step toward … Continue reading
New Immigration Bill Mandates E-Verify
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, filed April 16, 2013, lays out a 13-year path to citizenship for most of the 11 million people living in the United States illegally, allocates billions of dollars to be … Continue reading
USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9, Employers must use new I-9
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that beginning today 05/07.2013 they must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13)N for all new hires and re-verifications. All employers are required to complete and retain a Form … Continue reading
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Colorado Becomes Ninth State to Prohibits Use of Consumer Credit Information in Employment
Colorado recently became the ninth state to prohibit employers from using credit information for employment purposes. In the last few years, eight other states have also passed laws which, subject to few exceptions, regulate ban employers’ ability to use credit … Continue reading
Stakeholder Teleconference Invitation – Revised Form I-9
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites interested individuals to participate in a stakeholder teleconference on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern). On March 8, 2013, USCIS published a Federal Register notice addressing revisions to Employment Eligibility Verification … Continue reading
I-9 Audits on the Rise
I-9 audits have seen a rapid increase in number along the years with audits scaling from next to none in 2004 to over 3000 in 2012.Employers should pay attention accordingly, as the fines for substantive and procedural violations of the … Continue reading
Posted in Form I-9 Management, HR Compliance
Tagged 2013, audit fines, best practices, compliance, DHS, discrimination, Documentation, E-verify compliance, employment discrimination, employment eligibility, HR compliance, I-9 audits, I-9 compliance, I-9 Documents, I-9 fines, I-9 mistakes, IMAGE
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Kansas City construction company owners indicted for money laundering, harboring illegal aliens
The owners and managers of a construction framing company in Spring Hill, Kan., were indicted in federal court Monday and charged with a wide variety of criminal violations related to hiring and harboring illegal aliens for the company. These indictments … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, best practices, compliance, Department of Justice, DHS, discrimination, Documentation, DOJ, employment discrimination, employment eligibility, Form I-9, HR compliance, I-9 compliance, I-9 Documents, I-9 fines, USCIS
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Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Georgia Company to Resolve Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a Georgia based company, resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division initiated its investigation … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, best practices, compliance, Department of Justice, discrimination, DOJ, E-verify compliance, employment discrimination, Georgia, HR compliance, I-9 audits, I-9 compliance, I-9 Documents, I-9 mistakes, ICE, IMAGE, immigration, USCIS
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Texas firm, company operations manager plead guilty to harboring and transporting illegal aliens
A Texas company pleaded guilty Tuesday to harboring and transporting illegal aliens. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The seismic surveying company based in Sealy, Texas, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, audit fines, best practices, compliance, Department of Justice, discrimination, Documentation, DOJ, Form I-9, Form I-9 compliance, I-9 fines, I-9 mistakes, ICE, immigration, immigration law, USCIS, Verification
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