The Internal Revenue Service rejected many of the recommendations in an inspector general’s report about stopping identity theft. In effect, the tax agency said, “Let individuals and their employers handle it.”

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Tags: ID theft, internal revenue service, IRS, Social Security Number

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the new U.S. passport card may be used as a valid “List A” document to complete Form I-9 during the employment eligibility verification process. Here’s how employees can get the card. 

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Tags: I-9, List A, passport, passport card, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS

The U.S Dept. of Labor has closed the books on comments on the new proposed FMLA regs and is on target to release the updated version in January. Here’s look at the seven likely revisions.

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Tags: dol, FMLA, healthcare, Serious Health Condition

A new Web site bills itself as your own personal criminal-records database that, among other things, can be used to run checks on applicants as part of checking references and other info. But does it work?

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Tags: applicants, CriminalSearches, PeopleFinders, References

A Homeland Security official testified that the reason for the immigration problem is that Congress goes too easy on employers.

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Tags: homeland security, Immigration

HR manager Holly Thomas and her supervisors got tired of continually making decisions - which often got disputed by employees — about who was eligible for FMLA leave. Then she hit on an idea that made the process easier on everyone.

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Tags: documentation, FMLA

Frustrated by inaction at the federal level, state legislatures are starting to push through their own tougher laws that hit employers who hire illegal aliens. One example is Missouri.

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Tags: e-verify, illegal aliens, Missouri

Will E-verify get more funding in November? Some in Washington are making moves now to try to keep the system afloat.

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Tags: Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program, e-verify

You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.

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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance

The big push is on - especially at the state and local level - to nudge employers to register with E-Verify, the government Web program that allows you to electronically verify the information provided on the Form I-9. Whether you’re using the program already or are thinking about it, there are some facts and factors you should be aware of.

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Tags: dhs, e-verify, form i-551, form i-766, form i-9, ssa