Retail employers are navigating an immigration compliance environment that is becoming more complex at both the operational and strategic levels. Recent policy changes require employers to respond to shifting humanitarian-based work authorization categories, while proposed wage changes could reshape the economics of hiring and retaining professional foreign national talent.
At the operational level, retail employers face increasing difficulty remaining compliant with I-9 practices as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), DACA, humanitarian parole, and other humanitarian-based employment authorization categories continue to shift through litigation, policy changes, redesignations, extensions, and terminations. These developments can be especially significant in the retail sector, where employees in distribution, warehousing, and floor operations represent a critical part of the workforce. The challenges are further compounded because retail employers often manage large workforces,… Read the complete article here...
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