DESCRIPTION
On Jan. 31, 2020, USCIS published the Form I-9 Federal Register notice announcing a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, that the Office of Management and Budget approved on Oct. 21, 2019. This includes citizens and noncitizens. Both employees and employers (or authorized representatives of the employer) must complete the form.
On the form, an employee must attest to his or her employment authorization. The employee must also present his or her employer with acceptable documents evidencing identity and employment authorization. The employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s) reasonably appear to be genuine and to relate to the employee and record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form.
USCIS updated the following in the form instructions:
- Clarified who can act as an authorized representative on behalf of an employer
- Updated USCIS website addresses
- Provided acceptable document clarifications
- Updated the process for requesting the paper Form I-9
- Updated the DHS Privacy Notice
Areas covered include:
- Up-to-date I-9 compliance requirements
- E-Verify - pros and cons
- Conducting a self-audit of your I-9 process
- Update on upcoming ICE I-9 audits
- Penalties for non-compliance
- Understanding civil and criminal penalties
- Understand the new rules for acceptable documents used to verify employment eligibility
- Establish best practices for reducing risks and correcting errors when using the new Form I-9
- Understand the impact the new Form I-9 will have on the use of E-Verify
- How to avoid the common errors and omissions including recordkeeping errors
Who Will Benefit:
- Recruiters
- Hiring Managers
- Human Resource Professionals
- CEO’s
- Business Owners
- Senior Managers
- In-House Counsel
