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Are All Your Employees Legal?

Posted by Admin Posted on Jan 11 2018

This recent article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the importance of keeping accurate records regarding your employees' legal status to work in the United States. An I-9 form must be kept on file for all current employees and for 3 years after an employee leaves. We recommend keeping a copy of the supporting documents provided by employees to support the I-9 form.

An extra step you might consider to ensure an employee's legal status is to use the E-Verify system administered by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.

Immigration Officials Swarm 7-Elevens, Issue Warning to U.S. Businesses http://on.wsj.com/2mk7ijd

 

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