Immigration Recordkeeping: Best Practices for Completing and Storing I-9s

Immigration Recordkeeping Webinar Recording

During the Bush administration, employers saw unauthorized workers rounded up and deported in headline-grabbing raids. Under Obama, the focus has shifted from punishing illegal workers to penalizing the employers who hire them. That means you need to focus on I-9s, E-Verify, and other immigration issues while adjusting to the government’s changing tactics.

Even if your workers are legal, investigators are targeting industries large and small to make sure paperwork, policies, and procedures are up to code. If there are any discrepancies, your organization could be heftily penalized. Consider these recent examples:

• In May, ICE ordered a Washington herb grower to pay $1million in fines for illegally employing aliens. ICE reported that the company concealed the illegal workers while it was auditing the organization.
• Last November, ICE HSI arrested the manager of a Detroit pallet and box manufacturing company, alleging that he knowingly accepted false documentation in the course of hiring undocumented workers. The charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Don't wait until immigration officials come knocking at your door. Get your records and practices up to date now, so you can ensure they’re in compliance with the latest regulations.

Participate in this interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• The most up-to-date legal requirements that employers must abide by for the I-9 Form and E-Verify
• Types of document abuse to avoid during the I-9 completion process so you don’t wind up with the OSC on your back
• How to complete the I-9 Form so you’re in compliance with ICE, including best practices and legally acceptable ways to verify documentation
• Form I-9 re-verification requirements for non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents
• Whether you must require employees returning to work for the organization to complete a new I-9
• The most common recordkeeping errors that can result in ICE scrutiny and fines -- and how to avoid them
• When it’s safe to destroy old I-9s
• Whether you should photocopy supporting documents and where to store them
• Best strategies for developing and reviewing your I-9 recordkeeping policies to ensure compliance with federal regulations
• Whether a paper I-9 may be stored in an electronic format
• Common problems turned up in I-9 audits, and the tactics the government uses to root out compliance problems, so you don't make the same mistakes
• Where to store I-9 forms -- with the personnel file or somewhere else -- so they’re readily available for internal inspection and external governmental audits

In just 90 minutes, you'll get expert guidance for keeping your I-9s and other immigration records up to date. Register now for this informative event risk-free.

This webinar will be recorded on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Immigration Recordkeeping: Best Practices for Completing and Storing I-9s

About Your Speaker:

Attorney Valentine A. Brown, a partner at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, serves as global immigration law counsel to a diverse group of multinational and domestic corporations and their employees, providing advice, compliance audits, and representation to help navigate the intricacies of U.S. and foreign immigration laws. She also is an instructor for the Duane Morris Institute, which provides training in all areas of employment law for human resource professionals, in-house counsel, benefits administrators, and managers through classes in Philadelphia, client-site trainings, and webinars.