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.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe how to correctly and fully complete the Form I-9.
- You will be able to identify common mistakes on the Form I-9 and E-Verify.
- You will be able to discuss how to conduct an internal I-9 and E-Verify audit and correct mistakes.
- You will be able to recognize the steps to help prevent discrimination or document abuse in the I-9 process.
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
Who should attend?
This live webinar is designed for human resource professionals, business owners and managers, presidents, vice presidents, operations managers, controllers, accountants, and attorneys.
In Partnership With Lorman Business Center, LLC
Your Instructor
Heidi Nunn-Gilman
- Partner in Gammage & Burnham, PLC
- Practices human resource counseling and employment litigation; has extensive experience handling employment immigration compliance strategies, including I-9s, E-Verify, ICE and worksite investigations and enforcement under the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) and similar state and local laws
- Handles matters involving EEOC, ICE, OFCCP, DOL, NLRB, ADA, FMLA, Davis-Bacon, wage and hour laws, and affirmative action plans
- Has extensive experience creating employment handbooks, policies, and procedures
- Has worked extensively with COVID-19 preparedness and response, FFCRA leave, PPP, and other issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Develops I-9 audit and immigration compliance training programs for multistate national corporations
- Frequent speaker and writer on a variety of employment topics
- Contributing author to a book on employment law and a book on I-9, E-Verify and immigration compliance published by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Julie A. Pace
Gammage & Burnham, PLC
- Partner at Gammage & Burnham, PLC
- Practice handles employment law, handbooks, drug and alcohol policies, I-9 and E-Verify compliance and audits, OSHA, independent contractor and alleged misclassification issues with DES and other government agencies, and defends claims of sexual harassment, employment discrimination, retaliation, whistle-blower, and wrongful discharge, and against charges by the EEOC or ACRD
- Handles matters involving EEOC, OSHA, ICE, OFCCP, DOL, NLRB, ADA, FMLA, Davis-Bacon, wage and hour laws, and affirmative action plans
- Has worked extensively with COVID-19 preparedness and response, FFCRA leave, PPP, and other issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Regularly provides training to companies and assists with investigations
- Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
- Frequent speaker and writer on a variety of employment topics
- Co-editor of three books on employment law, published by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Recipient of Arizona Business magazine’s 2008 Centers of Influence Award, which recognizes the 10 leading attorneys, accountants and bankers in Arizona
- J.D. degree, cum laude, Arizona State University; B.S. degree in business administration, magna cum laude, Arizona State University