Immigration

Ensure college recruiting materials don’t illegally exclude foreign applicants

06/26/2023

If you recruit college students, make sure your recruiting materials don’t imply you won’t consider hiring noncitizens such as those holding temporary visas. Otherwise, you can expect an enterprising student to file a potentially costly claim with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Develop plan to review I-9 docs this summer

06/26/2023

Before heading out for the July 4 holiday weekend, add to your to-do list reviewing all the I-9 documents your remote employees presented in the last three years. By Aug. 30, you must physically inspect all I-9 documents you didn’t examine after March 20, 2020.

Compliance perspectives for employers in the food manufacturing industry

05/17/2023

The food manufacturing industry performs an essential function—making sure the country’s population has access to safe and plentiful food at all times. Much like mail delivery, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night should prevent the stocking of grocery shelves.

Post-pandemic remote inspection of I-9 documents set to end July 31

05/15/2023

On May 4, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced an end to pandemic-era rules that allow employers to remotely inspect new hires’ I-9 documents. The flexible rules will expire on July 31. Employers will then have another 30 days to reach full compliance with I-9 documentation requirements.

Warn supervisors against screening applicants by national origin

04/17/2023

This seems obvious, but apparently it needs restating: Managers and supervisors should never consider where an applicant was born when making hiring decisions. Two recent cases illustrate the peril.

What HR pros need to know about immigration and I-9s

03/16/2023

As an HR professional, you’ve been deputized to enforce the nation’s immigration laws.

Feds announce major crackdown on child labor

03/03/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 27 announced a new interagency effort to combat child labor and exploitation. One of the primary tactics they will use: strict enforcement of employer compliance with the rules for completing I-9 forms.

I-9 update: How to recognize newly redesigned green cards

02/27/2023

The latest I-9 document changes involve green cards, officially known as permanent resident cards. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (part of the Department of Homeland Security) began issuing new, revised green cards on Jan. 30.

Factor workers’ immigration status into layoff decisions

01/24/2023

Fears of a looming recession have some employers making contingency plans for laying off workers. Before you follow suit, think carefully about how you’d bring back employees if the economy rebounds quickly. That’s especially important if you wind up having to lay off employees who are legally working in the United States on immigrant visas that require remaining employed.

Don’t use citizenship as a hiring factor

12/20/2022

Most employers know they can’t take protected characteristics like age or disability into consideration. But some hiring managers may think it’s fine to bypass an applicant with a precarious legal immigration status in favor of a U.S. citizen based on the belief that citizens won’t lose the legal right to work. They are wrong.