Park Avenue Presentations: Current Immigration Compliance Issues: I-9 Audits; Correcting Errors on I-9 Forms; Employees with New Identity; and E-Verify

Current Immigration Compliance Issues: I-9 Audits; Correcting Errors on I-9 Forms; Employees with New Identity; and E-Verify

Duration: 90 minutes

Webinar Description

This webinar, conducted by immigration lawyer Bruce Buchanan, will review a number of subjects that HR professionals, executives, and attorneys need to know about current immigration law compliance issues. With a company’s chances of being inspected and fined by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) growing every year, this webinar will focus on, among other hot topics, the necessity of I-9 audits and who should perform them, the proper way to correct I-9 form errors and what could happen if not done correctly, what a company should do if an employee presents a new identity, and a discussion of a variety of E-Verify issues. Mr. Buchanan, whose practice emphasizes immigration compliance matters, such as ICE inspections, I-9 form compliance, E-Verify compliance and internal I-9 audits, will answer your questions in these important areas of immigration law compliance.

Agenda

I-9 Audits
1. Why a Company Needs to Audit its I-9 forms
2. Who Should Perform I-9 Audits?
3. Deficiencies in Internal I-9 Audits by Human Resources
4. Why a Company Needs an I-9 Verification Policy
Correcting Errors of I-9 Forms
1. Best Practices on Correcting I-9 form Errors
2. Wrongly Correcting I-9 form errors leads to Additional Problems
  1. Using New I-9 form vs. Correcting Existing I-9 form
  2. Missing or Incorrect Information
  3. Over-documentation
  4. Section 1 vs. Section 2 Errors
3. Pre-Population of Data on I-9 Forms
4. When Not to Re-Verify
What to do if Employee Presents New Identity
1. Circumstances Causing Employee to Present New Identity
2. Options if Employee Presents New Identity
3. Consistent Company Policy
E-Verify Issues
1. What is E-Verify?
2. Should Your Company Use E-Verify?
3. Voluntary Use of E-Verify
4. FAR E-Verify - Mandatory for Federal Contractors
5. Types of State E-Verify Laws
  1. All Employers
  2. Employers Contracting with State/Local Government
  3. “Non-Mandatory” State E-Verify Laws
6. Procedural Issues with E-Verify
  1. Failure to Timely Run Employees through E-Verify
  2. Problems with Employees in Different Locations
  3. Does Use of E-Verify Increase Chances of Notice of Inspection from ICE?

Logistics

90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.

This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.

What is a webinar?

A webinar is a live Internet based seminar. Webinars are a way for participants in many different locations to see and hear a presentation and view PowerPoint slides. You can also have your colleagues attend the webinar using one connection.

What kind of equipment do I need?

You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone.You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.

How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?

CDs of each program will be available for sale and can be shared with your business associates.

Can I get a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar?

The PowerPoint slides will be available on the materials page link in the confirmation email that will be sent to you no later than the morning of the day a webinar is presented.

How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?

A question and answer session will be scheduled at the end of each webinar. You can then ask a question by typing it into the question box that will be provided to you duringthe webinar. You may also ask a question through the telephone connection. As many questions as possible will be answered during the Question and Answer period.