I-9 Compliance Audits; or How many $25,000 dollar fines do you issue a paycheck to?
With the recent and pending changes to the employment laws relating to illegal aliens and undocumented workers there is little breathing room for the business owner or human resources leadership team. As you are well aware the days of “it looked good to me” or “social security number does not match registered name” are gone and have been replaced with strict fines and business liability. What is an employer to do?
We have suggestions for prudent business people, check, recheck, and check again. Attention and inspection are the keys. Perform at least a cursory self analysis and then turn it over to persons experienced in the art. This is a twofold solution in that it provides independent oversight that will identify unknown liabilities as well as showing due diligence and good faith to an enforcing governmental agencies. Call us for a proposal and an implementation plan.