See: http://www.inteconlaw.com/I-9_counseling.htmEmployers must verify the identity and eligibility for employment of, and complete a Form I-9 for all employees, including those who are U.S. citizens and who have been hired after November 6, 1986.This requirement pertains to ALL employees hired, even those known to the employer to be U.S. Citizens. No one is exempt from the I-9 reporting requirement. All employers are covered. The only exempt employees are domestic workers in a private home who work on a sporadic or intermittent basis. Compliance with the verification requirementsestablishes a rebuttable affirmative defense to a claim that the employer knowing hired an unauthorized alien.For self protection, the employer should make photocopies of the documents ALL employees give them as verification of work authorization and staple them to the Forms I-9.Verification is not required of job applicants, but only of those actually hired. Forms I-9 are available from CIS, and can be reproduced in volume, without penalty, by photocopying, or at a printer of the employer's choice. Employers may designate agents, including outside parties, to perform the verification process, however, they remain liablefor any failure of an agent to satisfy the requirements of the law. See: http://www.inteconlaw.com/I-9_counseling.htmEmployers must verify the identity and eligibility for employment of, and complete a Form I-9 for all employees, including those who are U.S. citizens and who have been hired after November 6, 1986.This requirement pertains to ALL employees hired, even those known to the employer to be U.S. Citizens. No one is exempt from the I-9 reporting requirement. All employers are covered. The only exempt employees are domestic workers in a private home who work on a sporadic or intermittent basis. Compliance with the verification requirementsestablishes a rebuttable affirmative defense to a claim that the employer knowing hired an unauthorized alien.For self protection, the employer should make photocopies of the documents ALL employees give them as verification of work authorization and staple them to the Forms I-9.Verification is not required of job applicants, but only of those actually hired. Forms I-9 are available from CIS, and can be reproduced in volume, without penalty, by photocopying, or at a printer of the employer's choice. Employers may designate agents, including outside parties, to perform the verification process, however, they remain liablefor any failure of an agent to satisfy the requirements of the law.
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