Hello Leaders,

Welcome to August’s edition of HR Hot Topics! This month we bring you the new I9 form and we explore recent verification rule changes made to the I9 process. If you have hired new employees since March 20, 2020 you'll want to pay attention to this update! The COVIDera flexibility to exam I9 employee documents remotely has come to an end. Employers now have until August 30, 2023, to physically inspect all documents that had been examined remotely. An alternative method of examination has recently been approved for those employers using Everify, assuming certain criteria are met. See below for an article outlining both options.

If you have already done physical examinations of all new employee documents, you are in the clear. However, if you employ remote workers and did not see their employee documents inperson at the time of hire, you will have some work to do before August 30th.