Why buyers sample the binder
Missing forms, stale re-verifications, and photocopies that do not match the instructions are how a shop tells you it has no system. USCIS publishes the form and the handbook (Source: USCIS I-9). OSHA 300 is a different labor binder. OSHA history stays on injuries. Employee transfer stays on offers and PTO.
BLS OEWS May 2025 prints a welder median of $53,750 (Source: BLS OEWS). Wage cells do not complete Section 2. Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute have flagged a possible 3.8 million hiring need by 2033 (Source: PR Newswire / Deloitte-MI). A tight market does not waive I-9s.
Sample enough files to see whether the shop has a system. One perfect I-9 in a binder of gaps is a show piece. E-Verify, if used, is a separate check. Asset deals often mean new I-9s for people you hire. Counsel applies any successor window. The teaser does not mention immigration posture.
How it works still wants the labor file before anyone falls in love with the iron. The labor owner page is the process home. OSHA logs stay in a different folder. This page stays on the form noun. Jason Taken will not run an ICE defense.
What changes in an asset deal?
People you hire are new hires. Counsel applies any successor inspection window. Buy a manufacturing business still says read the labor file before you fall in love with the iron.
Sample enough files to see whether the shop has a system. One perfect I-9 in a binder of gaps is a show piece. Missing Section 2 completions and stale reverifications are how a shop tells you it has no process. E-Verify, if used, is a separate check. Asset deals often mean new I-9s for people you hire. Counsel applies any successor window. The teaser does not mention immigration posture. OSHA logs stay in a different folder.
How it works still wants the labor file. FAQ owns the questions. The labor owner is the process home. Jason Taken will not run an ICE defense.
What belongs in the NDA room
The I-9s, the tickler for reverification, and any prior audit. Not a teaser claim.
| Binder | Job | Not |
|---|---|---|
| Form I-9 | Eligibility record | E-Verify by itself |
| OSHA 300 | Injury log | An I-9 |
| Offer letters | Employment terms | A work-auth form |
E-Verify is a separate check some employers use. The I-9 is the required form. Missing Section 2 completions, stale reverifications, and photocopies that do not match the instructions are how a shop tells you it has no system. Asset deals often mean new I-9s for the people you hire. Counsel applies any successor inspection window. This page is not that opinion.
OSHA logs, offer letters, and I-9s belong in separate folders even when one HR drawer holds all three. The teaser does not mention immigration posture. How it works still wants the labor file before anyone falls in love with the iron. FAQ owns the questions. The glossary hands you to the labor owner, then to a confidential intro call. Jason Taken is a business broker. He will not run an ICE defense.
If Section 2 dates cluster on a single afternoon a year after hire, someone backfilled. That is a system fact. Sample more files. Ask whether any prior audit already named the same pattern. The labor owner page keeps the rest of the people diligence. This page stays on the form.
A shop that uses a staffing agency for a share of the floor still has I-9 questions on the people it employs directly. Agency files are a different diligence pull. Do not assume the agency’s paper covers your new entity after an asset deal. USCIS publishes the form and the handbook. Counsel applies any successor window. The labor owner keeps the rest of the people file. This page stays on the form. Jason Taken will not run an ICE defense.
If reverification ticklers do not exist, the shop does not have a system. It has a drawer. Sample more files until the pattern is obvious.
What this page will not do
It will not run an ICE defense. Jason Taken is a business broker. The glossary sends you to the owner. After the noun is straight, book a confidential intro call.