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Employee Screening Articles For June & July 2009

August 3, 2009 By Chris Miller

In case you missed any of our employee screening articles for June and July, here’s a quick recap of our most popular:

  • 6 Tips On I-9 Compliance In The Hospitality Industry
  • 5 Legal Reasons Why Your Company Should Have a Social Networking Policy
  • Are Colleges Spying On High School Students?
  • Hiring Managers Are Checking You Out
  • New Employee Screening Trend -Second Chance For Ex-Offenders
  • E-Verify for Employers in South Carolina and Mississippi
  • Small Business Guide To Pre-Employment Background Checks
  • The Hottest, Newest HR Technology for Background Screening
  • The Importance Of Post-Hire Background Checks
  • 4 Tips On How To Use Social Networks For Employee Screening

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E-Verify for Employers in South Carolina and Mississippi

June 25, 2009 By Chris Miller

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An E-Alert from Ogletree Deakins, one of America’s three largest labor and employment law firms:

  • Starting July 1, 2009, South Carolina employers with 100 or more employees must perform a special verification for newly-hired employees. These employers will be required either to use E-Verify or review a qualifying driver’s license. State contractors with 500 or more employees became subject to the same requirements on January 1, 2009 (see Ogletree Deakins’ June 4, 2008 E-Alert for more information on the law).
  • The Mississippi Employment Protection Act (S.B. 2988) phases in a requirement on employers to participate in E-Verify. On July 1, 2008, all Mississippi agencies and political subdivisions, all public contractors, and private employers with 250 or more employees became subject to the E-Verify requirement. On July 1, 2009, private employers with 100 or more employees will also become subject to the requirement (see Ogletree Deakins’ April 4, 2008 E-Alert for a complete review of the Mississippi law).

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Filed Under: E-Verify, Employee Screening Tips, Legal Compliance Tagged With: E-Verify, Employee Background Checks, Employee Screening, Legal Compliance, Pre-Employment Screening

6 Tips On I-9 Compliance In The Hospitality Industry

June 2, 2009 By Chris Miller

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National labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP has some excellent tips on I-9 compliance for the hospitality industry.

  • The Form I-9 is one of the most effective tools for ensuring that a newly-hired employee is authorized to work in the United States.
  • Employers who have heavy turnover, or who have multiple locations, should consider replacing paper I-9 forms with an electronic software program.  An electronic I-9 program instantly double-checks that each form is entered completely and accurately. These programs can also be synchronized with the E-Verify federal database, if used or required.
  • Employers in the hospitality industry often have more than one location in which they do business. In many cases, individuals are hired at various locations and personnel paperwork is not processed centrally. Your best defense is to make available company-wide training-and-compliance manuals. A written policy dictating the timeline for when an I-9 form should be completed, together with simple but comprehensive instructions, can help ensure that your company’s human resources personnel are completing I-9s in a consistent and accurate manner.
  • Because proper training is never going to fully eliminate errors and omissions, employers should conduct a central audit of all I-9 forms at least annually.
  • Because of the seasonal nature of many hospitality businesses, it’s common for employees to work for a particular establishment for only part of the year, or for a one-time event such as a convention. This leads to a common scenario where an employee is hired, subsequently terminated, and re-hired during a later season or for a later event. Employers in this situation often assume that since an I-9 form was completed on that employee’s behalf originally, there is no need to re-verify that the employee has authorization to work. But this is not true. An I-9 form completed for a previously-terminated employee is only valid upon re-hire if the documents originally used for the I-9 form are still valid and have not expired. Also, the individual’s original start date must not have been more than three years in the past.
  • Pro-actively institute company-wide training and compliance guidelines to ensure that non-compliance at one location doesn’t attract government scrutiny for the entire company. Finally, the I-9 form appears deceptively simple but can be complex. Don’t be afraid to seek assistance in properly completing and retaining I-9 forms.

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Advantages of using FYI Screening for E-Verify:

  • As a designated E-Verify service provider, FYI Screening can help you join the growing ranks of those employers who use the E-Verify system to confirm the legal status of workers in the United States.
  • Seamless integration into our online background screening system. When you order a background check on an applicant you can easily order an E-Verify check.
  • Quick, accurate results
  • Confirmation number provides streamlined record-keeping in one convenient online location.  This is great for companies with multiple locations.
  • Reduces liability by providing an electronic trail for auditing.

For more information about E-Verify, please contact us at 1-800-809-2419 or click here.

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Filed Under: 2009 Best Employee Screening Posts, 2011 Best Employee Screening Posts, Best Practices For Employee Screening, E-Verify, Employee Screening, Legal Compliance Tagged With: E-Verify, Form I-9, Legal Compliance

E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule Delayed 4th Time

June 1, 2009 By Chris Miller

Seyfarth Shaw reports:

“The federal government has extended, for a fourth time, the effective date of the E-Verify requirement for federal government contractors. The regulation is now set to take effect on September 8, 2009. The effective date is being delayed to give the Obama administration additional time to review the regulation, which was originally scheduled to be implemented on January 15, 2009. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an official announcement of the delay is expected to be published in the Federal Register this week.”

E-Verify Facts:

– Use of E-Verify is mandatory in 12 states
– 6.6 Million E-Verify queries were run in 2008*
– Over 1000 companies sign up each week*
– More than 100,000 employers use E-Verify today*
– 96% of workers immediately are authorized to work through E-Verify*
– Employees have the right to contest results
– 13% of all new hires were E-Verified in 2008

*Reported by Department of Homeland Security

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Filed Under: 2008 Best Employee Screening Posts, 2009 Best Employee Screening Posts, 2010 Best Employee Screening Posts, 2011 Best Employee Screening Posts, Best Practices For Employee Screening, E-Verify, Employee Screening, Employee Screening Tips, employment background checks, Legal Compliance, Sex Offenders, Social Networks Tagged With: E-Verify, Employee Screening, Form I-9, Legal Compliance

Employee Screening Articles For April 2009

May 4, 2009 By Chris Miller

In case you missed any of our employee screening articles for April, here’s a quick recap of our most popular:

  • E-Verify Supported By Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
  • 5 Improvements Coming To E-Verify
  • Job Applicants Are More Likely To Lie As The Recession Grows
  • E-Verify for Federal Contractors Delayed Again
  • A Growing Trend – Data Security and Protection
  • When Not To Do A Background Check
  • Enforcement Of The New “Red Flags Rule” Delayed Again

Smart, Compliant Hiring Decisions Made Easy

FYI Screening, Inc. offers a complete portfolio of employee screening services that will help you work smarter while providing the industry’s fastest turnaround and the highest quality results.

This will allow your company to focus on what really matters:

Hiring and Retaining The Best Employees Possible

Subscribe to our blog to stay current on all employee screening issues.

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