The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) announced yesterday that a $40,000 fine settlement was agreed between the USICE and the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation for violations of the immigration laws relating to the employment of unauthorized workers. The USICE conducted an audit of the Forms I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) Krispy Kreme had on file after receiving information prompting an investigation [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced recently that that the Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification), revised on February 2, 2009 that is currently on the USCIS Web site will continue to be valid for use beyond June 30, 2009. Form I-9 is used by U.S. based employers to determine whether or not an individual is authorized [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder to the public that the new version of Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (PDF), revised on February 2, 2009, goes into effect today for all U.S. employers. The interim final rule published Dec.17, 2008 in the Federal Register, revised the list of documents that are now acceptable for the employment [...]