Category: Blog

Illinois Department of Labor Clears Up E-Verify Confusion

Written on November 13, 2024.

Illinois Department of Labor Clears Up E-Verify Confusion The Illinois Department of Labor recently clarified the state’s new E-Verify requirements in the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. When read in their entirety, these new requirements...

Are Your Form I-9s Ready for the End of COVID-19 Flexibilities?

Written on July 5, 2022.

Are Your Form I-9s Ready for the End of COVID-19 Flexibilities? Since November 7, 1986, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has required employers and employees to complete the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. Employers must...

Completing the Form I-9 Among Continuing USCIS Delays

Written on November 13, 2021.

What Employers Need to Know About an H-1B Visa The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been experiencing delays in processing applications due to COVID-19; because of this, employers may encounter employment authorization gaps as well...

Hiring from the International Workforce

Written on November 12, 2021.

Hiring from the International Workforce When U.S. employers struggle to find enough skilled domestic workers, they can hire skilled workers from a global employment market through tools provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,...

What Is an I-9 Form For Employment?

Written on October 11, 2021.

An I-9 Form is a document required for work authorization to prove an individual is legally eligible for employment in the United States. Form I-9, officially named Employment Eligibility Verification, is legally required by the Immigration Reform...

New I-9 Guidance for H-2B Workers That Want to Change Employers

Written on June 18, 2021.

The Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security published a joint Federal Register temporary rule (86 FR 28198) on May 25th. This rule temporarily provides some flexibility for H-2B workers that wish to change employers. It also increases...

Understanding How E-Verify Works and the Benefits of Working with an E-Verify Company

Written on June 10, 2021.

Anyone looking to work in the United States needs government authorization to do so. The government, therefore, requires employers to carry out a mandatory verification exercise for every new hire within a few days of onboarding the new employee. This...

What Triggers an I-9 Audit?

Written on June 10, 2021.

In 1986, Congress passed The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), making it illegal for U.S. employers to hire workers that do not have the legal authority to work in our nation. To verify an employee’s ability to work here legally, hiring...

How Form I-9 Compliance Documents Can Create Challenges for Your Organization

Written on January 14, 2021.

How Form I-9 Compliance Documents Can Create Challenges for Your Organization Penalties for non-compliance also went up in 2020 from $573 – $4,586 to $583 – $4,667 per incident. While only made up of two pages, the Form I-9 requires careful...