nowHIRE E-Verify Program Ensures I-9 Compliance,
Streamlines Hiring
Processes
Web-based system easily verifies workers, increases automation, employer
protection against non-compliance
Detroit, Mich. — June 19, 2008 —
Applicant tracking system provider nowHIRE.com
announced the nowHIRE E-Verify Program, a Web-based application to help
employers automate and streamline hiring processes while ensuring employment
eligibility of new hires.
nowHIRE is the first applicant tracking system vendor to offer the federal
government’s E-Verify technology as an integrated solution or as a
standalone product. nowHIRE’s feature-rich application provides significant
benefits over paper-based processes and the government’s own E-Verify
Program (formerly the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification
Program).
The federally approved nowHIRE E-Verify Program is an intuitive
Web-application that enables employers to verify employee eligibility in
seconds, compared to the typical three-five day turnaround with a
paper-based system. In addition, the nowHIRE E-Verify Program provides
employers the ability to validate and check Form I-9 for errors, email and
Web notification for expiring forms and documents, online E-Signatures, and
Form I-9 Audit assistance.
“States such as Arizona, North Carolina and Colorado now mandate that
employers use the E-Verify Program,” said Joseph Impastato, founder and
chief executive officer of nowHIRE. “We provide an easy way for employers to
participate regardless of their hiring system configuration.”
Just this month the federal government mandated that all government
contractors use the E-Verify Program for all hires. The federal government
is expected to make the program mandatory nationally for all employers
within 18 months.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 required all employers to
verify the identity of new hires and whether they are legally eligible to
work in the United States. Yet fraud and poor verification processes often
result in Form I-9 compliance violations.
More recently, the government stepped up criminal enforcement of Form I-9
violations, with penalties ranging upwards to $11,000, prison time,
forfeiture of assets and even prison sentences. These consequences, along
with the trend towards mandated use and an interest in further automating
their hiring systems, are generating increasing interest from employers.
nowHIRE E-Verify Program electronically compares employee information from
the government’s paper Form I-9 – name, date of birth, social security
number and immigration information – against more than 425 million records
in the Social Security Administration database and more than 60 million
records in Department of Homeland Security’ immigration databases.
The nowHIRE E-Verify Program is available in three versions – a standard
version to attach to the nowHIRE ATS, a configurable version that integrates
with unique ATS implementations, and a stand-alone version. This means
employers can automate and streamline their verification process, regardless
of whether or not they have a nowHIRE ATS installed.
About nowHIRE
Since 1998, nowHIRE has been the premier provider of applicant tracking systems for companies of every size and in every vertical imaginable. Their industry-defining solutions feature fully integrated, Web-based recruiting and applicant tracking software modules that allow companies to configure the software to their specific recruiting needs -- whether it be for hourly, salaried, internal, contingent, recruitment-based or any combination thereof. nowHIRE's solutions give clients what they call "Zoom" — the competitive edge.
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Joseph N Impastato II
nowHIRE
586-778-8491 (x15)
joseph.impastato@nowHIRE.com
Gail DeLano
Fisher Vista, LLC / HRmarketer.com
831-685-9700
gdelano@fishervista.com
Adriana Saldana
Fisher Vista, LLC / HRmarketer.com
831-685-9700
asaldana@hrmarketer.com
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