EBI to Provide Paperless Form I-9 Processing and Related Services

EBI and Form I-9 Compliance announce strategic agreement to provide paperless Form I-9 processing and related services.

Owings Mills, MD (HRMarketer/PRWeb) May 9, 2006 -- Employment Background Investigations, Inc. (EBI) and Form I-9 Compliance, LLC recently announced their strategic agreement to provide electronic Form I-9 processing, automated right to work verifications, secure online storage and consulting services.

This process, integrated with EBI’s secure web-based background screening module, results in a completely paperless, efficient method of responding to the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) and enables employers to easily conduct legal right to work Form I-9 employment verifications on new employees.

“Because the IRCA legally mandates that U.S. employers verify the employment eligibility status of newly-hired employees and makes it unlawful for employers to knowingly hire or continue to employ unauthorized workers, we thought that it was imperative that our clients could complete the employment process with ease, with one-process, and no duplicate data entry or excessive paperwork,” said Rick Kurland, President and CEO of EBI. "Since Form I-9 Compliance is the first federally-approved Designated Agent of the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration for Form I-9 employment verifications, our choice to partner with Form I-9 was crystal clear."

Kurland further explains, “Once our client completes the background check and hires the candidate, they simply select the employee from our secure website and instantly his/her information integrates with the Federal government’s Employment Verification Program (EVP) allowing employers to quickly and accurately verify new employees’ legal right to work. We are able to check Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) databases and provide a unique DHS-issued verification number. In addition to new employee verifications, we can now assist our clients identify current employees with mis-matched Social Security numbers through the SSA’s Social Security Number Verification Service (SSNVS)."

Ken Sekella, Vice President, Marketing for Form I-9 Compliance further states “With the passage of the IRCA, founders of Form I-9 Compliance worked closely with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to develop the original Form I-9 and they have been providing I-9 consulting services since. Our knowledge and expertise of Form I-9 employment verifications is unrivaled. Partnering with EBI, one of the true innovative leaders in this industry, was a priority of ours. EBI’s vast client base of more than 2,000 customers worldwide provides us the ability to partner with a best-in-class background screener all the while assisting their clients streamline their employment process while ensuring government compliance.

About Employment Background Investigations, Inc.
Employment Background Investigations is a full service, single-source, premier provider of employee background screening services. Nearly 2,000 companies worldwide utilize EBI’s background screening, drug testing and occupational healthcare solutions every day to make better and safer hiring decisions. Given its state-of-the-art technology platforms, it’s safe to say that no one delivers background screening results faster or with a higher degree of accuracy. Personalized customer care has been the key reason for EBI’s remarkable growth over the last 11 years; this ascent has won them a recent acknowledgement as being one of the best and largest screening companies in the country (HRO Today Magazine).

About Form I-9 Compliance
Form I-9 Compliance was the first federally-approved Designated Agent of the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration for electronic Form I-9 employment verifications. With the passage of IRCA in 1986, two of the company’s founders worked closely with the INS to develop the original Form I-9. Subsequently, they have continued to provide clients with cutting edge, proactive and preventative I-9 consulting services. Our professional executive team is uniquely positioned to materially assist clients maximize the benefits and cost savings inherent within electronic Form I-9 processing, automated right to work verifications, secure online storage, consulting services and ultimately, a completely paperless process.

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