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- DHS Announces Re-designation and 18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Syria
- Nevada Becomes The Tenth State To Prohibit The Use Of Consumer Credit Reports Or Other Credit Information For Employment Purposes
- Changes in Policy for Electronically Storing & Completing I-9
- ICE Goes After Three Restaurants with Little Success at OCAHO
- Montana Passes E-Verify Mandate for All Employers
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ICE Goes After Three Restaurants with Little Success at OCAHO
The Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO), which issued three decisions involving restaurants in March 2013 severely reduced ICE’s proposed penalties that is of interest for our clients in the Retail and NRA verticals. A summary of the cases … Continue reading
Posted in Form I-9 Management, HR Central, HR Compliance
Tagged 2013, best practices, compliance, Department of Justice, DHS, discrimination, Documentation, I-9 audits, I-9 compliance, I-9 Documents, I-9 fines, I-9 mistakes, ICE, IMAGE, immigration, Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, USCIS
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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
Posted in E-Verify Services, Form I-9 Management, HR Compliance
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
Posted in E-Verify Services, Form I-9 Management, HR Compliance
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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USCIS Announces new Form I-9
UCIS Announced on 03/07/2013 the release of the new form I-9 with an effective date of 03/08/2013. Changes to Form I-9 The newly revised Form I-9 makes several improvements designed to minimize errors in form completion. The key revisions to … Continue reading
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Tagged compliance, E-Verify, E-verify compliance, E-verify compliance with new Form I-9, Electronic Form I-9, employment eligibility, Form I-9 compliance, I-9 compliance, I-9 fines, New Form I-9 changes, USCIS Form I-9
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Justice Department Reaches Settlement with flower distributors to Resolve Immigration-Related Retaliation Claim
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with flower distributors to resolve allegations that the company retaliated against a man for asserting rights under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Justice Department … Continue reading
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Florida Healthcare Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with a healthcare staffing company based in Casselberry, Fla., resolving allegations that the company posted discriminatory job advertisements on the internet. According to the department’s investigation, hundreds of the Healthcare Professionals’ internet-based … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, audit fines, best practices, compliance, Department of Justice, DHS, discrimination, Documentation, DOJ, employment eligibility, I-9 audits, I-9 compliance, I-9 Documents, I-9 fines, I-9 mistakes, immigration
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