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The minimum wage has increased, there's high employee turnover, you do your best to attract long-term employees that will help grow your business. How do you manage the risk of ensuring your new hire has the right to work in your state?
Some restaurateurs do their own background checks, verifying the data that was supplied to them and then have the new hire sign documentation ensuring that all of the information they have provided is accurate to the best of their knowledge. This process will likely involve the participation of an attorney and any associated costs that are included in that process. Other restaurateurs outsource verifying employment application information to local employment agencies that charge a monthly, annual or per-use fee. Another perhaps less well-known service is provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDOHS) which offers E-Verify service. The impressively thorough website lists that "E-Verify is a web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. E-Verify employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees by electronically matching information provided by employees on the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against records available to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." E-Verify is the only free, fast, online service of its kind that electronically confirms an employee’s information against millions of government records and provides results within as little as three to five seconds. As of March 31, 2018 722 food services and drinking places around the country have enrolled. A list of currently enrolled employers can be found on the USDOH website and even downloaded in an excel spreadsheet. Today, E-Verify:
The services available to get any employer started are local outreach offices, webinars, a very robust website, a customer service number and an online assistant, Emma, that is available and ready to chat with you providing answers to your questions any time. According to Jennifer Nelson, Management and Program Analyst Outreach Branch Verification Division in Lincoln, NE, whom I met at the National Restaurant Association Show, “Some might consider the greatest benefit of using E-Verify is that when used correctly it lessens the risk of liability because they are checking government records and getting a response from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to make sure an employee is authorized to work.”
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"Wise use of money is more important than it's possession" - Fortune Cookie A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged. -Norman Mailer, author (31 Jan 1923-2007) I'm pretty sure we had snow on the ground two weeks ago, or at least torrential downpours. Our ability to deal with inclement and constantly changing weather is probably why Chicagoans are such hearty and resilient stock. Are you listening @amazon? There's nothing we can't accomplish in this town. Some of us even sail in all of these conditions @3rdcoastcruisin.
Because it will be a sweltering and humid day, I decided to take my two chihuahuas out on a nice long walk early in the a.m. That way, they'll veg all day as I go on about everything I have to do. As I crossed a small, almost empty street in downtown Chicago, I witnessed another bicycle/black SUV incident. I was crossing under the suggestion of the 'walk' street line, which is generally optional, for commuters of any kind, in this town. Yet again, I see a black SUV turning left. A bicyclist comes whizzing by and almost gets creamed by the SUV. The bicyclist screams at the SUV - I turn around and yell at the bicyclist 'he had the right of way!' Admittedly the signage for bicyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles is not intuitive. However, it's getting better as people understand that the street sign will not flash simultaneously for bikes as the sign for cars. There will be a handful of casualties, no doubt, as it continues to get ironed out. Two days ago, I feared getting shot. Today, I could have lived with the horror of seeing a young man hit, thrown from his bicycle, and attempt to calm the hysteria of the driver who unknowingly gave it. But, again, I didn't bring my phone. I need a break from my digital leash sometimes. I didn't want to hear it pinging while walking my dogs on a pleasant Sunday morning. What's different between these two stories? The first bicyclist was riding a really old bike; he had no helmet. His total investment was probably $50 bucks. The second bicyclist was sculpted; he wore a spandex body suit with shorts to the knee. He had a helmet. His investment was probably $10k. They were both whizzing around with no attention to traffic or their surroundings. The first black SUV was driven by an angry man, mad at the world for some reason. The second black SUV was caused by, I think a woman (can't verify as I was visually seeing the bicyclist thrown from his bike while I was screaming) who was unaware. So how do we govern for lack of awareness, dismissal of rules, apathy, anger, and manipulation? Right now, I think the answer is 'we don't.' There's no way we could create any stringent rules that could cover every situation. So we each have to do our best now and hope for the best from there.  I saw a road rage incident yesterday. An angry man driving a black SUV argued with a bicyclist whizzing around him. The SUV was bobbing and weaving through traffic on a busy Chicago street. The bicyclist could've easily gotten killed. I watched in horror, screaming "NO!" Another car got involved, a little brown sedan. The man in the sedan was now driving side by side with the SUV. They shouted at each other as they waived their free arm out the window. All during rush hour traffic, the constant commuting for the long Memorial Holiday weekend was about to begin. I didn't have my phone. As the crowd gathered around, I asked 'can anyone call 911?' A woman with her family, her mother, and a child in a wheelchair, shouted, "don't get involved!"
I responded, "WHY?!" Sirens started to blare. The SUV dodged and weaved; he got in front of the little brown sedan and slammed on his breaks. The little car couldn't do much damage to his massive vehicle. The sedan crashed into the SUV. The men jumped out of the car and chased each other. As I watched, I thought, 'if one of those guys has a gun, today could be my last day." The SUV driver threw his body on the ground and rolled. He accused the other man of having a knife. The other man did not have a knife. When the police arrived, the sedan took off. The SUV driver was waving his arms with great drama telling the story of how he was victimized. As more officers walked toward him, I said, "I saw the whole thing. What he's saying is not true.' An officer stopped to listen, revealing I was being recorded. I agreed. On paper, the SUV driver was a victim. He was clearly hit by another car. If the sedan driver had stayed, would he have gotten a ticket? How can we govern for manipulation? How do we hold people accountable when their story seems plausible? When the documented facts indicate a clear path even though the situation is not so clear? What if the bicyclist was severely injured? Or died? I saw what I saw but could I be wrong? Sure I could. I don't think so, but it's possible. Faced with recorded facts and a constant barrage of alternative opinions and arguments, could my story be changed? Possibly. How can we influence the SUV driver not to do what he did? #bycicling #law #Chicago I meet a lot of people. I have many interests. I've worked in many capacities, in many roles throughout the hierarchies of an organization as well as created independent businesses from the ground up. The first block in the building block of any initiative I have worked on, has always been an idea. This blog is to capture those fleeting images and store them somewhere. Somewhere I can go when I need to remember 'who was that person that shared that . . ." You'll likely see musings here, more questions and I can't ever imagine having an answer at this stage in the game, but ya never know. Explorations of thought, insights of opportunities, forewarnings of process breakdowns might be posted here. When I'm looking, I'll know where I filed that last insight! Join me on this winding, twisting, hilly, shady, sunny, rainy, broad and bright path if you like to think about what you see and experience from many perspectives.
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AuthorAlicia Dale is a strategic thinking Creative that understands the power of words to influence, change and build new infrastructures. This Blog is to capture ideas that have no where else to go at this very moment. Who knows how they will be developed? Or where they will go? For now they are sparkles of light easily stored where I can search and find them when they call my name again. Archives
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