November 16, 2009 – Employers Council
Page 15 of the Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing Form I-9 [Form M-274 (Rev. 04/03/09) N] www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/m-274_3apr09.pdf has the following guidance:
"Issues Relating to Merging or Successive Companies
If you acquire a business and its employees, you may choose to keep the previous owner’s Forms I-9 for each acquired employee, but you are responsible for any errors or omissions in them.
To avoid this liability, you may choose to complete a new Form I-9 for each acquired employee. If you do so, you must do so uniformly for all of your acquired employees, without regard to actual or perceived citizenship status or national origin."
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