Would your I-9 Forms Pass an ICE audit Employer Best Practices to Conduct Internal I-9 Audits

Administrative I-9 audits are ICE's main tool for enforcing immigration law at work, and many employers assume their records are fine when they are full of mistakes. This 60-minute webinar explains how to run an internal I-9 audit so an ICE inspection is as painless as possible.

A self-audit helps you find and fix mistakes and omissions, remove records you no longer need to keep, and make sure you aren't unknowingly employing an unauthorized worker.

You'll learn how often to audit and who should do it, how to correct errors, what to do when an I-9 is missing or an employee isn't authorized, how to avoid discrimination claims, recent OCAHO penalties, E-Verify and how to respond to an ICE inspection.

• Explain why internal I-9 self-audits matter
• Conduct an internal I-9 audit
• Correct the common errors found on I-9 forms
• Handle missing or copied-only I-9s
• Write an immigration compliance policy
• Describe what happens in an ICE inspection and its possible penalties
• Respond to an ICE inspection

• Why, how often and who should conduct an internal I-9 audit
• How to conduct the audit
• Correcting I-9 errors and omissions
• What to do when no I-9 or only a copy is found
• What to do when an employee isn't authorized to work
• Preventing discrimination claims during internal audits
• Recent OCAHO penalties against employers
• I-9 violations and penalties
• The value of an immigration compliance policy
• E-Verify basics
• What happens in an ICE inspection and how to respond

Immigration enforcement is rising, laws keep changing and fines for violations are costly. Most problems come from innocent mistakes that a periodic, good-faith self-audit can catch.

This session suits HR managers, small business owners, office managers, CFOs and COOs, payroll and accounting managers, in-house counsel, compliance officers and E-Verify users.

• HR Managers and Professionals
• Owners of Small Companies
• office Managers
• CFOs & COO’s
• Payroll and Accounting Managers
• In - House Counsel
• Compliance Officers
• E-Verify Users
• Anyone involved in company’s I-9s

Bruce E. Buchanan is a founding partner at Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC with offices in Nashville and Atlanta, where he primarily represents employers in all aspects of immigration law, with a special emphasis on employer immigration compliance, as well as employment/labor law matters. Additionally, he is "Of Counsel" to Siskind Susser concerning employer immigration compliance matters.

Mr. Buchanan received his law degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1982. He served as senior trial specialist for the National Labor Relations Board for 20 years. Mr. Buchanan also served for 12 years as Adjunct Professor at William H. Bowen UALR School of Law. He went into private practice in 2003 and formed his own law firm in late 2015.

Mr. Buchanan authors his own blog on employer immigration compliance for ilw.com, located at www.employerimmigration.com and is a monthly contributor to HR Professionals Magazine. He is also the editor of the Tennessee Bar Association's Immigration Law Section Newsletter and past-Chair of the TBA's Immigration Law Section. Mr. Buchanan is admitted to practice in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Arkansas, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and D.C. Circuits.