In the last two years the amount of fines that have been levied against American employers who have not complied with I-9 requirements have risen from .7 million to 7 million dollars. The amount of I-9 fines is expected to continue to rise as the number of company audits also continue to rise. Last year, [...]
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It was recently announced that the clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch has been fined over $1 million for I-9 irregularities. Put differently, the fine appears to be due to the company’s mistakes in collecting and maintaining its I-9 documentation. The Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency even stated that it had not found any instances where [...] It is being reported that the Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency is set to issue 500 employer audits in the next week. Employer audits are the in vogue method for the government to ensure employers are properly monitoring their new hires through I-9 and e-verification. Employers must verify that each new hire is authorized to [...] The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has recently ordered I-9 inspections on 180 companies located in the Southeast. These companies are being requested to provide documentation showing that their employees are authorized to work in the United States. Additionally, the inspections will examine whether a company has properly collected and maintained the proper paperwork. Failure [...] Massive layoffs are occurring in Washington State as many agricultural employers in the region are receiving letters from the U.S. government questioning the employment eligibility of some of their workers. One such employer, Glebber Farms has laid off over 550 employees. Given the large number of unemployed workers in the region, one would expect many [...] It is being reported that Koch Food has agreed to pay a fine of $536,000 following a 2007 ICE raid where 161 of its employees were found to be unauthorized to work. As reported by the Associated Press, Koch Foods states that it did not knowingly hire the unauthorized workers. Instead, the fines are because [...] According to the Boston Globe’s Boston.com, dozens of the stadium’s would-be snow removers were detained on Wednesday after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency pulled over a van and detained numerous individuals thought to be unauthorized workers. The enforcement action has caused great concern in the Guatemalan immigrant population of Boston as those who were [...] by Svilen.milev The Federal Government agreed to stop its immigration inquiry into Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation after the company agreed to pay the government $4.5 million dollars over three years and to use more stringent hiring standards. The corporation, a chicken processor, has admitted no criminal or civil wrongdoing. However, the business is just now [...] Yesterday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) arrested 12 employees of Empire Warehouse Solutions for forging false social security cards and green cards. Empire Warehouse Solutions provides services at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY. It is unclear in the article whether the company will face civil or criminal charges. The AP is reporting that Detroit firm Applied Plastic Products is facing a $41,360 fine because of its failure to properly complete nearly 100 I-9 forms for employee verification. The fine was announced after Immigration & Customs Enforcement officials performed an I-9 audit in March 2009. What is significant about this fine is that there [...] The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced yesterday that it will investigate 1000 additional companies for I-9 compliance. This announcement comes on the heels of a May announcement when it announced that it would investigate 500 companies. The investigation will consist of an I-9 audit of the company’s records. The audit is meant to [...] |
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