E-verify Electronic Employment Verification
I-9 employment verification forms, which confirm US employment eligibility, can lawfully be completed and signed electronically per a 2006 interim ruling from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Electronic I-9s, which leverage the federal E-Verify service, can speed employment verification. However, the ICE guidelines don’t identify specific procedures for managing electronic signatures in everify processes.
Workforce Management notes that the ICE ruling mentions several e-verify signature methods and recommends human resource managers “use a quality assurance program” to evaluate their electronic signature systems. Further, the law expects employers to comply whenever a final ruling with e-verify procedures is issued.
Ensure Compliance with E-verify Rules
Human resource management can benefit greatly from E-verify and electronic employment verification. However, the ambiguity in the everify guidelines creates extra burden on HR managers to define technology and procedures for e-verify signatures.
One solution is to turn to talent management experts, like Abso, to manage the e-verify process. Abso technology and hiring experts have already created everify signature collection systems that are in keeping with the interim ICE guidelines. Abso has quality assurance programs in place and continually monitors hiring legislation. When the final e-verify procedures are issued, Abso will notify Abso e-verify service users and will adapt e-verify signature technology, if necessary, to accommodate the final ruling.
An e-verify expert like Abso can mitigate much of the uncertainty in e-verify signature procedures, leaving HR staff to focus on hiring, not employment verification law.
Streamlined EVerify Services for I-9 Employment Verification
Abso Form I-9 employment verification service connects directly with the federal E-Verify system to streamline and reduce errors in employment verifications.
- Everify employment eligibility
- Reduce processing errors and duplicate data entry steps during employment verification
- Securely store I-9 e-verify forms
- Receive proactive notification of expiring work authorizations
- Abso monitors e-verify legislation and helps keep you compliant
- Abso e-verify is fully integrated with Abso talent management software for streamlined applicant tracking through onboarding.
Learn more about how you can use e-verify to streamline the hiring process while managing compliance.