Spare a thought for the HR leaders at retail companies.
They face some of the highest turnover rates in the country, with employees constantly coming and going. This owes to the nature of the work itself, which is physically demanding and often comes with irregular working hours.
This makes retail a transition job for many people, who use it to make money while they go to school, train for other jobs, and even supplement other incomes.
And, while some people are natural fits for retail work, for others, the work can be brutal. Customers may always be right, but they are also oftentimes unkind. Very unkind. Hours can be long, the work can be tough.
For all these reasons, retailers often find themselves in a constant hiring cycle, bringing people onboard quickly to fill turnover gaps.
Although DHS has made great improvements in I-9 employment eligibility verifications, they still remain cumbersome and time consuming. Since they are required for literally every employee, completing I-9s can be a permanent part of HR’s reality.
This bogs down retail human resources teams who cannot find the manpower to implement broader initiatives.
Furthermore, the chances for mistakes and noncompliance are simply too great when one team is churning out I-9s as fast as they are hiring.
Because noncompliance can be costly, and maintaining compliance is costly in a different way,
TrendSource Virtual I-9 Verifications are an ideal solution to this retail HR conundrum.
By outsourcing employment eligibility compliance to a dedicated compliance management company, retailer HR teams can focus on more important in-house initiatives while confidently resting assured their compliance needs are being managed by a dedicated professional.
Through Virtaul I-9 Verifications, New Hires are quickly connected with a TrendSource Verification Specialist, who meets virtually with the New Hire to complete Section 2 of Form I-9 together.
The entire process takes less than ten minutes, can be entirely digitally managed, and can even be ordered online.
Learn more about TrendSource I-9 Virtual Verifications.