{"id":1165,"date":"2014-08-06T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peopros.com\/index.php\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2014-08-06T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T19:21:02","slug":"why-a-professional-hr-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/peopros.com\/index.php\/why-a-professional-hr-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Professional HR Partner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peopros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/I-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/peopros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/I-9-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"I-9 form\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1166\" \/><\/a><big>W<\/big>hat can possibly go wrong with a small business?<\/p>\n<p>Why would a small business need a professional HR partner?<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that a waste of time and money?<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to fine us do they?<\/p>\n<p>Our lead agent, John Will Tenney, appears below in a candid video discussing this situation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yo9iuG-WeZM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Business owners, if you&#8217;ve ever asked yourselves these or similar questions, consider the recent judgment handed down in Georgia where a business was fined 1.7 million dollars for I-9 violations.  That&#8217;s right, $1,700,000.  If that&#8217;s not a significant amount of money to you, there is no reason for you to keep reading.<\/p>\n<h4>What is an I-9 Form?<\/h4>\n<p>The Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) form. It is used by an employer to verify an employee&#8217;s identity and to establish that the worker is eligible to accept employment in the United States. (*1)<\/p>\n<p>The form requires documents that establish both identity and employment authorization.  The USCIS defines these documents in three &#8220;columns&#8221; on the form: A, B and C.<\/p>\n<p>Column A are documents that establish both, and if one of these can be documented, there is no need to go to the other two columns. Examples of a column A document are:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Passport<\/li>\n<li>Permanent Resident Card<\/li>\n<li>Alien Registration Receipt Card<\/li>\n<li>Employment Authorization Card (*2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Column B are documents that establish identity only and include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driver\u2019s license or identification (ID) card issued by a state or outlying possession of the United States, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and address<\/li>\n<li>ID card issued by federal, state or local government agencies or entities, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and address<\/li>\n<li>School ID card with a photograph<\/li>\n<li>Voter\u2019s registration card<\/li>\n<li>U.S.military card or draft record<\/li>\n<li>Military dependent\u2019s ID card<\/li>\n<li>U.S.Coast Guard Merchant Mariners Document (MMD) Card<\/li>\n<li>Native American tribal document<\/li>\n<li>Driver\u2019s license issued by a Canadian government authority<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Acceptable Column B Documents for persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School record or report card<\/li>\n<li>Clinic, doctor or hospital record<\/li>\n<li>Day-care or nursery school record (*3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a Column B document is presented, a Column C document must also be provided to establish authorization to work in the USA.<br \/>\nExamples of Column C documents are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Social Security account number card that is unrestricted.  A card that includes any of the following restrictive wording is not an acceptable List C document:<br \/>\n        NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT<br \/>\n        VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH INS AUTHORIZATION<br \/>\n        VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION<\/li>\n<li>Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the U.S. Department of State (Form FS-545)<\/li>\n<li>Certification of Report of Birth issued by the U.S. Department of State (Form DS-1350)<\/li>\n<li>Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority or outlying possession of the United States bearing an official seal<\/li>\n<li>Native American tribal document<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)<\/li>\n<li>Identification Card for Use of Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179)<\/li>\n<li>Employment authorization document issued by DHS.  Some employment authorization documents issued by DHS include but are not limited to the Form I-94 issued to an asylee or work-authorized nonimmigrant (e.g., H-1B nonimmigrants) because of their immigration status, the unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327), the Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561), or the Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570).  A form I-797 issued to a conditional resident may be an acceptable List C(8) document in combination with his or her expired Form I-551 (\u201cgreen card\u201d). For more information about DHS-issued documents please contact customer support. (*4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How Can Your Business Avoid I-9 Problems?<\/h4>\n<p>Are your I-9s filled out properly?  Could you handle a USCIC (formerly the INS) audit today?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve though about making this &#8220;Somebody Else&#8217;s Problem&#8221; perhaps you should contact us and let us find a Professional HR Partner, a PEO, to take this problem away from you.  Please use the form at the bottom of this screen to contact us.<\/p>\n<p>References:<br \/>\n(*1) Wikipedia<br \/>\n(*2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-9-central\/acceptable-documents\/list-documents\" title=\"United States Citizen and Immigration Website\" target=\"_blank\">USCIS Website List A Documents<\/a><br \/>\n(*3) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-9-central\/acceptable-documents\/list-b-documents\" title=\"USCIS Website List B Documents\" target=\"_blank\">USCIS Website<\/a><br \/>\n(*4) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-9-central\/acceptable-documents\/list-c-documents\" title=\"USCIS Website List C Documents\" target=\"_blank\">USCIS Website List C Documents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can possibly go wrong with a small business? Why would a small business need a professional HR partner? Isn&#8217;t that a waste of time and money? No one wants to fine us do they? 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