Frank’s Employment

Just a reminder that the new federal I-9 forms (for verifying eligibility for employment in the United States) are available. 

Use date was delayed by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an extended 30-day period for public review and comment.  These new forms are now scheduled to be in effect as of Friday, April 3, 2009.

For more information about I-9 forms as an employer, visit the USCIS site.

• I-9 forms in English, to be used until 4/3/09
• I-9 forms in English, to be used on and after 4/3/09
• I-9 forms in Spanish, to be used until 4/3/09
• I-9 forms in Spanish, to be used on and after 4/3/09

Happy hiring!

One of our client companies recently contacted us regarding Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs).

This is a company whose business requires that some employees drive company vehicles.  Their new insurer for these vehicles is requiring abstracts of the driving records (MVRs) every six months for each employee who is authorized to drive a company vehicle.  My contact knew that they could ask each individual to go to the DMV in person and request an abstract.  It would be pretty inexpensive, but it might also be unwieldly in terms of timing and organization.  Brian was asking whether this is something we could do on their behalf.  Certainly!

I investigated first whether it could be relatively easy for the company to do this themselves.  I went to the Division of Motor Vehicles website for Illinois.  I learned that the company could mail requests to the Secretary of State.  It would cost $12 per person, but it would likely take about 3 weeks.  That’s because the Secretary of State would need to notify each individual in writing that such a report had been requested.  Not an ideal option because of the timing and tracking aspects for an already-busy office manager.

I was happy to offer this great client an option where we would provide the employee consent forms and request the MVR on the company’s behalf.  It was just a little more expensive than what it would cost them to do this themselves by mail, but it saved them money overall due to the turnaround speed.  Reports for drivers licensed in Illinois were returned within an hour.  Reports for drivers licensed in other states were returned within two business days.  And all reports were generated in electronic files that I was able to easily share with our customer for his records!

Frank’s Employment just celebrated this week the conclusion of our 52nd year and the start of our 53rd year in business!  What a pleasure to serve our client companies and organizations in the Fox River Valley and greater metropolitan Chicago since 1957!

Congratulations to our founder, Ruby Frank, whose entrepreneurial energy and spirit still inspires us.  And congratulations to our second-generation leader, Craig Frank, whose business wisdom now guides us in the 21st century.