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President Obama’s Initiative on Immigration

Recently, President Obama signed several executive orders which were aimed at reforming United States Immigration policies. All employers should immediately begin the process of assessing how these orders will impact their organizations. The White House has predicted that these changes will have an effect on approximately 4.9 million individuals. Some of these actions will be implemented in early 2015.

Some of the implications for employers include:ΩIncreased penalties for hiring undocumented workers along with new penalties for fraud and identity theft.

  • A Provisional Legal Status category will be created as a path to permanent residency.
  • Mandatory electronic employment verification will be phased in over the next 5 years for most employers.
  • A new tamper resistant Social Security card will be developed as well as an increased emphasis on utilizing tamper resistant documents during the I-9 verification process.
  • A new “labor law enforcement fund” will be created to increase inspections of industries which routinely employ immigrant workers.
  • Employers will see an expanded E-Verify system and increased monitoring by government agencies.
  • The government will increase its efforts to enforce labor laws and to protect workers against all forms of retaliation.

All businesses should immediately begin the process of reviewing and amending, as needed, their present hiring and work related processes to insure legal compliance and consistent treatment of all affected individuals.
An organization's best defense against the potential expense of litigation is to proactively review and revise its Human Resources policies, procedures training programs, handbooks and other functions to insure compliance with all State and Federal statutes.

An organization's best defense against the potential expense of litigation is to proactively review its Human Resources policies, procedures training programs, handbooks and other functions. 

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