Colorado Becomes Ninth State to Prohibits Use of Consumer Credit Information in Employment
Colorado recently became the ninth state to prohibit employers from using credit information for employment purposes. In the last few years, eight other states have also passed laws which, subject to few exceptions, regulate ban employers’ ability to use credit information in making employment decisions. The nationwide trend towards banning employers’ use of credit history […]
Stakeholder Teleconference Invitation – Revised Form I-9
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites interested individuals to participate in a stakeholder teleconference on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern). On March 8, 2013, USCIS published a Federal Register notice addressing revisions to Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 and the form’s instructions. The revisions include: Expanding the form to two pages. […]
I-9 Audits on the Rise
I-9 audits have seen a rapid increase in number along the years with audits scaling from next to none in 2004 to over 3000 in 2012.Employers should pay attention accordingly, as the fines for substantive and procedural violations of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) can add up quickly, Daniel Brown, an attorney with […]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Property Management Company
The Justice Department today reached an agreement with a nationwide residential property management firm headquartered in Dallas, resolving claims that the staffing company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In a charge filed with the department, a lawful permanent resident alleged that after working for Milestone for three years, the […]
Kansas City construction company owners indicted for money laundering, harboring illegal aliens
The owners and managers of a construction framing company in Spring Hill, Kan., were indicted in federal court Monday and charged with a wide variety of criminal violations related to hiring and harboring illegal aliens for the company. These indictments resulted from an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations […]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Georgia Company to Resolve Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices
The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with a Georgia based company, resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division initiated its investigation of the company in 2012, based on a claim by an individual who called a […]
Texas firm, company operations manager plead guilty to harboring and transporting illegal aliens
A Texas company pleaded guilty Tuesday to harboring and transporting illegal aliens. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The seismic surveying company based in Sealy, Texas, pleaded guilty to the charges at a hearing in U.S. District Court, Middle District of […]
USCIS Announces new Form I-9
UCIS Announced on 03/07/2013 the release of the new form I-9 with an effective date of 03/08/2013. Changes to Form I-9  The newly revised Form I-9 makes several improvements designed to minimize errors in form completion. The key revisions to Form I-9 include:  Adding data fields, including the employee’s foreign passport information (if applicable) and […]
ICE fines San Diego-area companies for hiring unlawful employees
 worksite enforcement strategy holds employers accountable for violations
As part its enforcement strategy to reduce illegal employment and protect job opportunities for the nation’s lawful workforce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that 10 employers in San Diego and Imperial counties were fined by ICE during fiscal year 2012 for various employment-related violations. Collectively, the fines totalled more than $173,800, with […]