OCAHO Reduces I-9 Fine from $89K to $36K - USA v. International Packaging

OCAHO, Dec. 6, 2016 - "[T]he government proposed a total civil monetary penalty of $88,825.00 for the ninety-five violations alleged in the complaint. ... I find that in the exercise of discretion, the proposed penalty in this case should be reduced to $500 for each of the twenty-one violations involving the failure to prepare and/or present Forms I-9, and $350 for each of the seventy-three substantive paperwork violations. Thus, the penalty for Count I is $10,500, and Count II is $25,550. The total civil money penalty for all ninety-four violations for which Respondent is liable is assessed at $36,050."