The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it reached a settlement with an agricultural company located in California. The settlement concludes an investigation into whether the company discriminated against workers based on their legal status in violation of the
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USCIS Releases Updated I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form
Last month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new version of the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form. The Form I-9 is used by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of all new hires. The new
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Mistaken Identity?
A valuable and long-term employee has confidentially revealed to you that he or she is not who he or she claimed to be when originally hired. Since 2012, this scenario is occurring more frequently in part as a result of
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Are You I-9 Compliant?
While most employers will affirmatively answer the above question, upon review, we have found that many I-9 forms and compliance practices are deficient. Currently, employers are subject to increasing scrutiny by Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations, the
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