Immigration-Enforcement Preparedness: Is Your Business Ready?

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[Y]ou have to be prepared at any moment to face difficulties and even dangers by knowing what to do and how to do it.

Agnes and Robert Baden-Powell, How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire

Be Prepared in [m]ind . . . by having thought out beforehand any . . . situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it.

Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting for Boys - Campfire Yarn No. 3 - Becoming a Scout
Excerpts from the Scout Motto: "Be Prepared."

As the article explains, immigration-enforcement preparedness must involve not just HR and the office of general counsel. Rather, it requires a host of additional corporate players: Occupants of the “C” Suite (the CEO, COO, CFO, CIO and others), the messengers (corporate communications), the internal enforcers and protectors (corporate compliance and corporate security), the greeters (the receptionists), and of course, foreign workers (whether employed by the corporation or by its vendors)

Readiness is also about checklists, protocols, data collection (the required immigration paperwork and related personnel, payroll and tax information), internal compliance audits and practice drills. Immigration preparedness involves strategic choices and business judgments that must mesh with the company’s corporate ethos and culture. All of this preparation takes time.

Read this brilliant article here which is extracted from www.seyfarth.com