The USCIS issued a press release today announcing that the current Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Form, will continue to be valid beyond its June 30, 2009 expiration date. USCIS has requested that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the continued use of the current version of Form I-9. While this request is pending, [...]

Tags: Background Checks, E-Verify, Electronic I-9, Form I-9

So after nine years of rhetoric about the dangers from terrorists and the need for a more stringent homeland security, CNN reports that people on the Terror Watch List are buying guns and explosives.   It’s not that they are buying these guns and explosives in distant countries.   They are buying them right here in the [...]

The majority of employers today conduct background checks.  The belief is that it is necessary to perform due diligence in order to assure qualified employees and to protect fellow employees and clients from harm or foul play.     I would agree with this general belief and add that in these times it is increasingly necessary to [...]

Okay, so as everybody knows, this is a very tough economy.   The job market is lousy.   Millions have been laid off work, and for every open position you have hundreds if not thousands clamoring for employment. I suppose it surpasses even the more esoteric irony then that in San Francisco’s District Attorney started a training [...]