Re-submit I-9 employement eligibilty?

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

Have any of you ever had to re-submit an I-9 form? They're making all of us do that here at my work - you have to bring in your birth cert, passport, etc. It almost sounds like an HR job security exercise. I've been here 12 years and never seen this before.

legion · 02-22-2010, 09:53 AM

I've never heard of an I-9.

And yes, we all have endured stupid excercises where HR tries to justify its worth.

myamoto1 · myamoto1's Garage

Yup, we are going through that right now. Had to fill out some on-line form, then bring in "proof of life" to the HR office...

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

It is just part of the bureaucrat full employment act. Shuffle that paper!

ODDJOB UNO · ODDJOB UNO's Garage

just check "OTHER" and you will be fine.

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

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Originally Posted by widebody911

Have any of you ever had to re-submit an I-9 form? They're making all of us do that here at my work - you have to bring in your birth cert, passport, etc. It almost sounds like an HR job security exercise. I've been here 12 years and never seen this before.

Blame the current political environment. ICE is a lot more active that it was 10 years ago. On the advice of my attorney I had to put all my employees through it last year. The inconvenience and disruption is a small price to pay to avoid the fines and general government harassment that result from ICE finding a mistake or a non-compliance situation.
Or they could have lost all the records.

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

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Originally Posted by ODDJOB UNO

just check "OTHER" and you will be fine.

just check "OTHER" and you will be fined.

Rikao4 · 02-22-2010, 10:18 AM

bit silly for some folks( been here 9 yrs)
but I think it's great..
gotta start somehere/sometime..
folks railed about the employers not caring or checking..
now that some do & will..
the legals complain..
the 'guest' may choose to leave..
papers please..

Rika

cashflyer · 02-22-2010, 11:06 AM

Could be just HR exercise.
Could be somebody lost some forms.

No reason to do them now if you completed one at the time of hire.
According to the form, the I-9 is done at the time of hire and there is no requirement to re verify except on employees who hold a green-card.

Some employers have been known to use the I-9 as a means of discriminating or obtaining information that they are not allowed to ask due to privacy laws in some states.

According to the form instructions, "Employers CANNOT specify which document(s) they will accept from an employee." Review the I-9 form and decide what ID you would like to bring in. Don't let them decide for you.

Also, if your company is a Federal Contractor, as of Sep 2009 they were supposed to be running everyone's info through E-Verify.

stomachmonkey · 02-22-2010, 11:09 AM

Part of Homeland Security.

jtfreels · 02-22-2010, 11:51 AM

we had to do it as well, everybody

campbellcj · 02-22-2010, 09:01 PM

Unless something has changed in your status or information such as a temporary visa becoming permanent or a name change, or HR has lost the form, this should never be necessary as far as I know. I bet what happened is they were missing the forms for certain employees and decided to re-do all of them to avoid any claims of discrimination or profiling.

It's all heading towards electronic filing (E-Verify) which is already required for anyone engaged in contracts with the federal government.

RANDY P · RANDY P's Garage

Someone lost the original records.

It's just proof you didn't come over the border under a pickup truck.

rjp

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Originally Posted by widebody911

Have any of you ever had to re-submit an I-9 form? They're making all of us do that here at my work - you have to bring in your birth cert, passport, etc. It almost sounds like an HR job security exercise. I've been here 12 years and never seen this before.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

No, it is an incrased push. The employers need to submit electronic records now. If they didn't have the records or if they are over a certain age, they need to resubmit.

gr8fl4porsche · gr8fl4porsche's Garage

We had to redo all of ours as well.

fxeditor · fxeditor's Garage

For some odd reason my union (Motion Picture Editors Guild) makes us do it every 3 years!

lendaddy · 02-23-2010, 01:30 PM

I-9 forms are nothing more than eyewash, employers are not required or expected (and rightfully so) to be detectives. Fake I.D.'s fill out I-9 forms just as well as legit ones. It's just standard CYA stuff, "hey, they had proper ID."

berettafan · 02-23-2010, 06:04 PM

Penalty for missing I9 is something like $10k PER!

lendaddy · 02-23-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by berettafan

Penalty for missing I9 is something like $10k PER!

That's one of those fines that almost never get imposed, sort of like the labor law posters that "must be posted in employee common areas".

I don't doubt that they occasionally get enforced but I imagine it's the type of charge that only sees the light of day when the prosecuting authority wants to double or triple dip a douchebag offender.

Either way the I-9 is a joke of a form, which is really my only point here.