Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it secured a settlement agreement with a Miami, Florida-based janitorial services company to resolve alleged violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against non-U.S. citizens during Form I-9 employment eligibility verification. The DOJ’s investigation determined that…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with a Maryland-based owner and operator of several pizza franchises to resolve alleged violations of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) during the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process. The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Starting July 15, 2022, employees whose E-Verify mismatch cases are referred to the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) on or after this date will have the normal eight (8) federal working days to contact their local SSA office to begin resolving the mismatch, according to a news…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it reached a settlement agreement with an employer in Florida to resolve the DOJ’s claims that the employer allegedly discriminated against a non-U.S. citizen when checking the individual’s permission to work in the United States…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance due to the COVID-19 pandemic – which were set to expire on December 31, 2021 – to April…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking input from the public regarding remote document examination practices for the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 conducted temporarily during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on October 26, 2021. The DHS…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum titled “Worksite Enforcement: The Strategy to Protect the American Labor Market, the Conditions of the American Worksite, and the Dignity of the Individual” that, among other things, ordered the U.S. Immigration and Customs…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 15, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement to resolve claims that a company discriminated against workers during the Form I-9 process by requiring them to present specific work authorization documents depending on their citizenship status, according to a DOJ press…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Amazon – the second largest private employer in the United States – will no longer include marijuana in its comprehensive drug testing program for positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT), according to a message to U.S. Operations employees from Dave Clark, CEO Worldwide Consumer…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – which were set to expire on May 31, 2021 – to August 31,…
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