DHS Latest Modifications in I-9 and E- verify Compliance Rules

On May 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced an extensionof its prior guidance relaxing the in-person verification requirements of Form I-9 for employers operating remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial guidance became effective on March 20, 2020, and was scheduled to expire after 60 days on May 19, 2020. ICE has now indicated that due to continued precautions related to COVID-19, this policy will be extended for an additional 30 days.

In addition, ICE announced that employers that had been served notices of inspection (NOIs) during March 2020 and been previously granted automatic 60-day extensions until May 19, 2020, to respond to such NOIs, would be granted an additional 30 days to respond to the NOIs, if they had not done so already.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued temporary changes to the I-9 verification process for virtual verification, the DHS recently issued a temporary policy to allow employers to accept expired List B documents when completing the Form I-9 beginning May 1.This updated policy is intended to account for the fact that many people are unable to renew their driver’s licenses or state ID cards at this time due to stay-at-home orders. While some states have extended the expiration of drivers’ licenses and state identification cards, which are common List B documents, others have not. The temporary policy addresses both situations.

• Form I-9 Completing
• Retention Period
• Helpful Links
• Common & Correcting Mistakes
• Legal Information & Issues
• Communication
• Why it is important
• Relevance to your organization
• Importance of Mistake Proof Forms
• Proactive Audits
• Why it is important for your business
• Impact and cost for an organization
• Upcoming or potential changes.
   

This training will cover the changes initiated by DHS and how Employers can mitigate the changes and still stay compliant.

• Changes during the Coronavirus Pandemic 
• The training will introduce the I-9 forms, importance of filling out the forms correctly, retention process and proactive I-9 audits.
• We will also discuss common mistakes and how to correct. 
• We will review the area’s I find important with I-9’s and how to prevent future issues.

• General Managers
• Office Managers
• Payroll Professionals
• Lawmakers
• Attorneys
• Accounting Professionals
• Consultants
• Labor Unions
• Professors, Instructors and Trainers
• small business owner
• Human Resources Professionals
• Non-Profit Administrators

Matthew Burr has over ten years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC. He specializes in labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, employee relations and work with labor unions. Matthew also has a generalist background in HR and provides strategic HR services to his clients, focusing on small and medium sized organizations. Matthew will be starting as an Associate Professor of Management at Elmira College in July 2017. Matthew is the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor at Elmira College. Matthew works as a trainer Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, Broome Community College and Penn State University. He is also an on-call Mediator and Fact-Finder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State.

Matthew has publications at the Cornell HR Review, Business Insider, Expert 360 (in Australia). He recently published his first book, $74,000 in 24 Months: How I killed my student loans (and you can too!).

Matthew has an associate's degree in business administration from Tompkins Cortland Community College, a bachelors of science degree from Elmira College, a master's degree from the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations in Human Resources & Industrial Relations, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification, both the SPHR and SHRM-SCP. Matthew is currently working towards a masters degree in business administration through Syracuse University with an anticipated completion date of December 2017.