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ANNOUNCEMENT

New I-9 Rules Effective April 3, 2009

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder to employers that the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Rev. 02/02/09), goes into effect April 3, 2009 for all U.S. employers. The revision date is printed on the lower right-hand corner of the form.

The interim final rule, published Dec.17, 2008 in the Federal Register, revised the list of documents acceptable for the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) process.

Please note: Employers may no longer use previous versions of the Form I-9.

The biggest difference in the revised Form I-9 is that all documents presented during the Form I-9 process must be unexpired documents. The list of approved documents that employees can present to verify their identity and employment authorization is divided into three sections: List A documents verify identity and employment authorization, List B documents verify identity only, and List C documents verify employment authorization only. The following documents have been added or removed from the List of Approved Documents:

Two documents have been added to List A:

A temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa in addition to the foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp; and
A passport from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with a valid Form I-94 or Form I-94A indicating non-immigrant admission under the Compact of Free Association Between the United States and the FSM or RMI

Three documents were removed from List A:

Form I-688, Temporary Resident Card;
Form I-688A, Employment Authorization Card; and
Form I-688B, Employment Authorization Card.

USCIS also updated the Handbook for Employers - Instructions for Completing Form I-9 to reflect the requirements of the revised Form I-9.

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EMPLOYEE RECRUITING

Advertising: TV, Job Information Boards
Customized referral assistance
Job openings listed locally, statewide and/or nationwide on the Internet
Professional and timely job matching of qualified applicants to your job
Private rooms for your interviews
Computer keyboard typing, 10-Key, spelling tests, data entry, grammar, math, coding/filing, proofing/sorting, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
Largest applicant pool in Montana including:
- Professional and Technical
- Administrative and Clerical
- Sales and Managers
- Skilled Labor and trade
- Mechanics and Maintenance
- Service Industries
- Farm and Ranch
- Students
- Unskilled Labor

POSTERS FOR DISPLAY

Call Job Service for copies of any of these employment posters at NO COST to you. We have the posters in an attractive, combined 4-in-1 & 5-in-1 format, provided by our local Job Service Employers Council (JSEC).

These posters are on the internet at: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm

There are NO additional posters required by the State of Montana. We do recommend posting the Montana Minimum Wage Poster as Montana law is more restrictive:

http://erd.dli.mt.gov/laborstandard/documents/wageposter.pdf

REQUIRED:

EEO is the Law
Federal and State Minimum Wage
OSHA - Health and Safety
Employee Notice of Workers´ Compensation Insurance Coverage (Includes your policy number)*
Your Job Here is Covered by Unemployment insurance (Includes your policy number)*
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Family Leave Act (If your business has 50 or more employees)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

OPTIONAL:

State Minimum Wage (after 7/24/09)
Discrimination is Against The Law

* These posters will be provided by the Unemployment Insurance Bureau at 1-800-550-1513 or State Fund at 1-800-336-8968 or your private Workers´ Compensation Insurance company.

LABOR LAWS

This list contains the Federal Laws relating to Employment, the Federal Laws Regarding Montana Public Employers , and the State Laws Related to Employment.
To read the Federal Laws click here on the United States Codes and enter the title number and section number in the search engine.
To read the State Laws click here on the Montana Codes then click on the title number. You can then have it search for the section number

BILLINGS BUSINESS ADVOCACY PROGRAM

Are you too busy to keep updated on all the human resource issues your business faces? Job Service has Business Advocates to help you with policies, handbooks, interview questions, applications, position descriptions and employee management.

This assistance is available at your place of business or our office.

Kendall Hartman....................655-6050

email: khartman@mt.gov

John Rife ..............................655-6075

email: jrife@mt.gov

Business Advocates available 8:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday and other times by appointment.

BUSINESS RESOURCE AREA

Available Human Resource Literature,
a Computer for Use by Our Business Customers,
and Access to Software on:

Interviewing
Job Descriptions
Policy Manuals
Performance Appraisals

Employment Related Booklets, Brochures and Manuals

This is a PARTIAL list only, if you don't see the topic you need, ask one of our Business Advocates; they will obtain the information you request or research the topic for you.

	Montana's Wage/Hour Laws	Progressive Discipline in the Workplace
	Quick Guide to Employment Laws	Wrongful Discharge From Employment
	Child Labor Requirements	Independent Contractor or Employee?
	An Employer's Hiring Guide	The Americans with Disabilities Act
	The Selection Interview	Montana Safety Culture Act
	Employers guide to new hire reporting	Workers' Compensation Pamphlets
	I-9 Forms and Instructions	Legal Rights of Pregnant Employees
	Guide to Apprenticeship	Employment Discrimination
	Guide to On The Job Training	Sexual Harassment is Against the Law
	Work Opportunity Tax Credit	Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
	Welfare to Work Tax Credit	Research & Analysis Bureau
	Developing an Employee Handbook	Montana Prevailing Wage Rate
	Employer's Guide to Drug Testing	Montana Information by Wage & Occupation