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Why is employer compliance so important today?
Why is employer compliance so important today?
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all employers as they know have to fill
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out what’s called a form i-9 for any new
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employee who’s starting to work at their
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company I think what employers may not
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understand fully though is the how
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important this form and this and their
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compliance to this form really is the
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form i-9 is actually an immigration form
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and it’s been around since the mid 1980s
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and most employers I think do comply
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with at least filling out the form but I
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think it gets lost and the whole Human
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Resources process when they’re
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onboarding a new employee there are all
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kinds of forms to fill out there are all
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kinds of introductions to be made and
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onboarding to do and they fill out the
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i-9 but they may not be as diligent in
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completing it correctly in keeping track
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of all their employees but the
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consequences are a really very dire if
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the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Agency wants to do an audit of the i9 I
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nine audits by Immigration and Customs
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Enforcement have been on the rise for
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several years now and especially in the
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last two or three years with the Trump
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administration every company whether you
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have five employees or five hundred
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really needs to be very diligent about
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filling out these forms the lack of
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completing the right forms the lack of
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being diligent and how they’re completed
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can result in very severe monetary
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penalties which could really crush a
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small company so we are finding
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definitely an increase in i9 audits
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there’s been an increase in audits of
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companies in certain industries where
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there tend to be a lot of undocumented
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workers like the restaurant industry or
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the manufacturing industry so we suggest
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some tips for employers to prepare for
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such an audit or to make sure that
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they’re at least following these
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practices diligently one is getting
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excellent training for their HR staff
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many small companies actually don’t have
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a human resources person or division and
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this task of completing the i-9 and
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making sure they’re compliant Falls to
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someone who really has no expert
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so a company really has to train whoever
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is doing this this process very well and
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in how to how to complete the form and
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how to maintain it we also suggest that
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employees do an internal audit of their
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own ions before they even get a letter
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from immigration do it themselves and
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just to make sure that they’re doing
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everything properly in this climate of
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increased enforcement by immigration
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it’s crucial for employers to make sure
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that they are maintaining their i9 forms
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and everything that they are doing to
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maintain compliance with the immigration
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regulations
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Cambridge, MA immigration lawyer Malvena Driscoll explains why as an employer it’s so important to follow the rules regarding immigration compliance.
