How to Conduct I-9 Self-Audits and Avoid the High Cost of Noncompliance

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Prepare for and think more clearly about the immigration, I-9, and E-Verify compliance challenges.Even in this COVID-19 era, the Department of Homeland Security continues to conduct a high number of I-9 audits. The penalties and fines for noncompliance continue to increase every year. Many companies take a head-in-the-sand approach, thinking their paperwork is in order but failing to take proactive steps to ensure that their Forms I-9 and E-Verify are complete and accurate. This topic will assist human resources and management to prepare for and think more clearly about the immigration, I-9, and E-Verify compliance challenges and address them head on. Learn how to conduct a self-audit today to protect your company today and in the future.

Authors

Heidi Nunn-Gilman, Gammage & Burnham, PLC Julie A. Pace, Gammage & Burnham, PLC

Agenda

Importance of a Fully Complete Form I-9

• The Most Common Mistakes on the Form I-9 and How to Avoid Them

• Requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act

• Form I-9 Verification Procedure

Internal I-9 Audits

• Tips on Auditing I-9 and E-Verify Documentation

• DOJ Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Guidance on Internal I-9 Audits

• Correcting Forms I-9

Responding to an ICE I-9 Audit

E-Verify Compliance

• Processing Tentative Nonconfirmation Results

• E-Verify Do's and Don'ts

Discrimination Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act and E-Verify

• Actions That Can Constitute Discrimination or Document Abuse

• Discrimination in Processing E-Verify

• E-Verify Audits

• DOJ Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Investigations