b'Page.10U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has aNew I-9 Form. Is Your Business I-9 Compliant?By Jordan Dunham, Kollman & Saucier, P.A.TheU.S.CitizenshipandImmigration When Must The Form I-9 Be Completed?Services(USCIS)issuedanewI-9,EmploymentEligibilityVerificationFormon Employee:Section1oftheFormI-9maybeAugust1,2023.EffectiveNovember1, completedbytheemployeeonorbeforethe2023,businessesshouldnowbeusingthis firstdayofemploymentandcanbeincludednew simplified form for all new and re-hire with other new hire documents.employees.Instructionsfortheformcanalso be found on USCISs website.With this Employer:Section2oftheFormI-9mustbenewform,weareprovidingarefresheron completedbytheemployerwithinthreewhat businesses must do in order to remain business days after the first day of employment.compliant. ThismeanstheemployerisrequiredtoreviewtheworkauthorizationdocumentsprovidedbyWhat Is An I-9 Form? thenewemployeeandsignthedocumentnolater than three days after the employees startForm I-9 is a government issued document date. thatemployersandemployeesmustcompleteattimeofhire.Thedocument Followingtheterminationofemployment,providesproofthattheemployerhas employers must complete Section 3 of the Formverifieditsemployeesareauthorizedto I-9.The document then must be retained for atwork in the United States.Form I-9 has two least one year from termination, or up to threesections,Section1mustbecompletedby years from date of hire (whichever is later).employees,irrespectiveofresidencystatus(i.e. both U.S. Citizens and noncitizens who Supporting DocumentshaveauthorizationtoworkintheUnitedStates).Section2iscompletedbythe Section2ofFormI-9requiresemployerstoemployer and serves as verification that the reviewcertaindocumentsthatestablishtheemployerverifiedthedocumentssupplied employeesidentityandshowtheemployeeisby the employee. authorized to work in the United States.Form I-9providesalistofdocumentsthatareWho Must Complete A Form I-9? acceptable, and are designated in three differentgroups.IntotalthedocumentsmustestablishAcompletedFormI-9isrequiredforevery theemployeesidentityandworkauthorizationemployeeabusinesshashiredina (i.e.1documentfromListA,oronedocumentremunerationforservicesarrangement. fromListBaccompaniedbyadocumentfromHowever,onlyemployeesmustcomplete List C). theFormI-9.USCISdoesnotrequiretheformforvolunteers,independent The employer, however, cannot designate whichcontractors,orcertaincasualdomestic documentsanemployeemustuse,itisalwaysemployment arrangements.the employees choice on what documents they MWDLI.org 800-638-2627 MidwestDLI@gmail.com'