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In his position he should have known but this is peanuts. The I9 form is significant for large employers . For those hiring one or more part time or full time household employees, the filing out of this form and maintaining it seems et another piece of stupid make work.
Penalties
The IRCA includes penalties for I-9 noncompliance. According to the I-9 form, An employer who hires an unauthorized worker can be fined between $250 and $5,500 per worker. In addition, such an employer can be barred from federal government contracts for a year.
An employer who fails to keep proper records that I-9s are properly filed can be fined $110 per missing item for each form, up to $1100 per form, even if the employee is legally authorized to work in the US.
The Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services form. It is used by an employer to verify an employee’s identity and to establish that the worker is eligible to accept employment in the United States.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) required employers to verify that all newly-hired employees present “facially valid” documentation verifying the employee’s identity and his or her legal authorization to accept employment in the United States. The I-9 form or more properly the Employment Eligibility Verification Form is provided by the federal government for that purpose. Every employee hired after November 6, 1986 must complete an I-9 form at the time of hire. Employees must complete Section 1 of the form at the actual beginning of employment. The employer must complete Section 2 within three days of starting work. The employer is responsible for ensuring that the forms are completed properly, and in a timely manner.
Employment Eligibility Verification
Purpose of Form :
All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens. On the form, the employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s) reasonably appear to be genuine and relate to the individual and record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf
I won’t argue the merits of its worthiness. I agree.
I’ll just say that something smells for this reason: He didn’t know about the form when he hired these people, but he intuitively gathered the right information anyway. He’s just that smart I guess.
In my state, TN, he would have had to register each employee with the state labor dept as well as the state’s “new hire” agency. Just more simple forms.
If he was clueless about an I9... wonder what else he didn’t do?
EL...TORO...CACA!!!!!
This is no different than expecting your Treasury Secretary (and former head of the NY Fed) to file his f$#@ing taxes correctly!
Be as stupid as you want to be, but don't insult my intelligence!