As part of Sterling’s ongoing commitment to strengthen our Form I-9 offering, we are excited to announce several new and upcoming feature enhancements in Q2 2021.
What’s New
Effective immediately, you can take advantage of the following new I-9 features and benefits:
- New “Form I-9” Tab. We are excited to introduce a separate Form I-9 tab, so that you can easily manage your I-9 program in a centralized location.
- “7 Day Work Week” Preference. If you operate outside of the traditional five-day work week, you will now be able to have I-9 due dates reflect the actual days your organization conducts business – allowing increased flexibility of your I-9 program that reflects more accurate Form I-9 automated due dates.
- Removal of “Applications” Tab. To further streamline the Form I-9 process, the Applications tab has been removed. However, applications and questionnaires can still be conveniently searched under the Onboarding tab.
Coming Soon
In addition, several other I-9 feature enhancements will become available in the coming weeks:
- “New Hire Document Upload” Preference. You will soon be able to choose if a new hire uploads a copy of their I-9 supporting docs vs. forcing their Section 2 agents to complete this mandatory task. This decreases the burden of responsibility on Section 2 verifiers, while capturing/retaining accurate I-9 documentation more efficiently.
- “New Hire Selected Section 2 Verifier” Preference. You will soon be able to add a requirement for a new hire to identify someone to complete Section 2 on their behalf from our I-9 Verifier Network. This preference will appear as an option in the initiation workflow and provide clients with increased flexibility, especially for remote hires because the Verifier Network has locations in every state.
- Term & Purge Report. Sterling has created a new report allowing you to delete I-9 records that meet USICS purging requirements. By extending this reporting functionality, we can help you remove I-9s that you no longer need to keep, thereby lowering your auditing risk and increasing the overall integrity of your I-9 program.
- “Organizational Hierarchy/Transfer I-9” Preference. In complex organizations, sometimes there’s a need to silo access to I-9 data by location. The Organization Hierarchy preference on Form I-9 allows you to easily assign users to an organization and control how much of the company’s I-9 program those users have access to. In addition, for employees that move from one organization to another, Sterling has enhanced the Organizational Hierarchy functionality to allow you to “transfer” I-9 documentation with them.
For questions, please contact your dedicated Sterling Client Success representative. Thank you for your continued trust in Sterling!