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Double Check Those Hiring Forms To minimize the number of issues you may encounter during an Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement or a Wage and Hour inspection, it is important that you use the correct documentation. The main forms the Wage and Hour division of the Department of Labor is looking for include the WH-516 and the WH521. The WH-516 must be given to each migrant worker when they are recruited. We have talked about recruiting in previous articles, but for those who hire workers onsite, you should have this form in your hiring packet. Be sure you issue this form to your workers at the same time they ďŹ ll out their other forms, such as the I-9. Hiring Forms’ Website The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association maintains a forms’ website, http://www.tcga.org/forms-page/, which contains the WH-516, the most updated W-4 and the newest I-9 forms. You should visit this page each year and download the updated forms prior to ginning season. On the WH-516 form, you can ďŹ ll in almost all the blanks online, then print the form. Go to http://www.tcga.org/wp-content/ uploads/2018/10/Sample-WH-516-from-DOL.pdf to see a sam-
ple form ďŹ lled out in the way we believe is best for Texas cotton gins. On the second blank in line two (ending period of employment), be sure to put “End of Season.â€? One line 7, there is a question about unemployment insurance. That box will always be a “yesâ€? in Texas because we have a state unemployment insurance program. This may not be true in other states. Fill out all the lines except for the ďŹ rst blank in line 2 and all blanks in line 3, as shown in the example. Then print a bunch of copies. Once you recruit a person, ďŹ ll in the start date on line 2 and the wage rate on line 3. In other words, the only two blanks that change with each worker are these two. When all is said and done, the only lines left blank are the second and third ones on line three. The wage rate is the rate the worker will initially receive. It is understood that this rate may increase or decrease as the year progresses. You are not required to update this form for any changes in wages after the worker is hired. 516 Form Documentation Tips We are often asked about the type of documentation needed related to the 516 form. Some gins make a copy of the form and
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