As part of Sterling’s ongoing commitment to strengthen our Form I-9/E-Verify offering, we are excited to announce four new feature enhancements in July. Effective immediately, you can take advantage of the following new Form I-9 features and benefits:
- “New Hire Document Upload” Preference. You can now 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 can now 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 that allows you to delete I-9 records that meet U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USICS) purging requirements. By extending this reporting functionality, we can help 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.
To opt-in to new preferences, please contact your dedicated Sterling Client Success representative. Thank you for your continued trust in Sterling!