The I-9 Automation Gap
All U.S. employers must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to verify the identity and employment authorization of every person they hire.
Yet Symmetry’s survey of 300 HR and compliance professionals found that I-9 processes remain largely “manual, prone to delays and errors, and filled with anxiety about audits,” with 74% of employers lacking full automation.
The company said since most employers are “stuck in the middle”, with systems that are neither entirely manual nor fully automated, they are “spending time and resources maintaining partial systems that can’t deliver speed or accuracy.” The report also revealed that 31% of respondents have experienced an audit or compliance issue.
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