Although employers may find this process advantageous the pros and cons are worth considering before making any final decisions.

On the “Pro” side you have reduction of errors, cost savings, increased organization and interfacing with E-Verify.  On the “Con” side there are set-up costs and I-9 audits may be made easier for the government.

The Pros

Since September 11, 2001, an increasing number of industries have begun requiring FBI fingerprint background checks.  These checks are no longer relegated to just the financial, military and government industries.  Over the last couple of years states like Pennsylvania and Texas (http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/Information_for_Child_Care_Professionals/fingerprint.asp) have begun to require FBI checks for those employees who work in the childcare (teachers, day care providers, etc) or eldercare fields.  Recently, North Dakota legislators t ...

Hackers strike again!  On Tuesday, Heartland Payment Systems disclosed that in late 2008, intruders managed to hack into the computers it uses to process 100 million payment card transactions per month (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2009-01-20-heartland-credit-card-security-breach_N.htm).

The data-theft program used was so sophistica ...

It is no surprise to anyone that the U.S. is formally in a recession.  As 2008 has come to an end and 2009 begins, more and more companies are trying to hang-on in these trying times and to stay in survival mode.  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the past six months we have seen the unemployment rate rise from 5.5 % in June 2008 to reach a high of 6.7 % in November 2008 (http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm)< ...

As is always the case when administrations change from one political party to another, there have been several last-minute, controversial new policies enacted over the last couple of months – the most notable being the E-Verify requirement for federal contractors which goes into effect on January 15, 2009.