W. Garnett & Associates

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A Subway franchisee in North Carolina with 11 employees is probably wishing he had proper I-9 procedures in place before ICE visited him and cost him a lengthy legal battle and over $27,000 in fines. Macy’s department stores in Florida are licking their wounds after answering allegations of document abuse and paying stiff penalties concerning the Form I-9. Chipotle is reeling after its Minneapolis restaurants were audited by ICE and is now facing more scrutiny in Virginia and DC. As a result of the audit they have fired hundreds of employees and are facing a public relations nightmare. How Will Your Company Fair When ICE Comes Knocking? Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is on a mission and your business is in their crosshairs. This week, ICE issued 1000 Notices of Inspection to companies just like yours requesting Form I-9 documentation for all current employees plus the I-9 records of all employees terminated within the last 3 years. Statistically, over 80% of those employers will pay civil money penalties for errors and omissions on the I-9. An ICE document inspection is a full audit of your company’s I-9 documents and EVERYTHING counts!.

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One major area of concern for senior management should be the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to a U.S. Department of Labor press release , Darden Restaurants Inc., doing business as Red Lobster in Lubbock, has agreed to pay $27,427 in back wages after an investigation by the U.S. DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found that 109 current and former servers were not properly paid as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company also has been assessed $23,980 in civil money penalties to be paid to the government. Red Lobster in Lubbock is a full-service restaurant, employing approximately 82 workers.

Who is the Form I-9 expert in your company and why does it matter? Does your organization carefully fill out and retain I-9 forms for all new hires ? These are the forms completed to establish that new employees’ documents have been reviewed to establish their entitlement to work in the United States. Failure to complete and maintain the forms can be costly, as illustrated by a recent decision from the 9th Circuit. The court affirmed civil penalties that had been imposed on an employer by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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