Employment Eligibility Verification: How the I-9 Process Affects Your Business - IL

This workshop allows participants to gain a better understanding on how to ensure that their workforce is legal. The discussion will cover issues on how to manage the I-9 process at the time of employee hiring; how to maintain I-9 files; and how to handle Social Security mismatch letters.  It will also cover options for sponsoring foreign national employees for temporary work visas and green cards. A special emphasis will be placed on current enforcement trends, recent regulatory changes and policy changes in the Obama administration related to worksite enforcement.

Pending 2.5 HRCI credits.

Faculty

John F. Quill is a partner in the Immigration group in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Quill handles all aspects of immigration and nationality law, including processing of B, E, H, J, L, O, and TN non-immigrant visa positions, applications for PERM labor certification, Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researcher and National Interest waiver petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, and naturalization.  Mr. Quill is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is the volunteer attorney for the Irish Immigration Center. He also serves as a frequent panelist at immigration seminars, has served as co-chair of AILA regional conferences and has authored numerous articles on business immigration topics.