OCAHO Reduces I-9 Fine from $305.5K to $209.6K - Golden Employment II

Golden Employment II, May 4, 2016 - "On April 1, 2016, a partial summary decision was entered in the matter finding that Golden Employment Group, Inc. (Golden Employment or the company) was liable for 465 violations of the employment eligibility verification provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(b) and 8 C.F.R. § 274a.2(b). See United States v. Golden Employment Group, Inc., 12 OCAHO no. 1274 (2016). ... Based on the record as a whole and the statutory factors in particular, the penalties will be adjusted to reflect the relative seriousness of the violations and to fall more closely within the mid-range of potential penalties, taking into account the factors favoring mitigation. For the 236 violations in Count II involving the failure to prepare or present I-9 forms at all, the penalties will be assessed at $500 each. For the remaining 229 violations, 140 of which involve the failure to timely present I-9 forms, and 89 of which involve paperwork errors, the penalties will be $400 each. Accordingly, the total civil money penalty is $209,600."