Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release
Georgia Department of
Labor
Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032

April 14, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SEMINAR FOR EMPLOYERS ON PROPER USE OF I-9 EMPLOYMENT FORMS AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION SET
FOR APRIL 23 IN MACON
ATLANTA The Georgia Department of Labor's Macon Career Center, Macon's Small Business Development Center, and the Middle Georgia Employer Committee will sponsor a seminar for employers later this month entitled "Double Trouble, Learn How to Negotiate Through an I-9 Audit and Workers Compensation Issues."
The seminar will be held Wednesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the career center located at 3090 Mercer University Dr. in Macon. It is designed for management, supervisors, human resource personnel, and other staff members of companies and organizations. The employer committee is a group of local business representatives who establish and maintain a working relationship between the employer community and the career center.
Attorneys Dallas Criss and Melisa Bodner of Atlanta, representing the law firm of Constangy, Brooks, and Smith, LLC, will conduct the one-day seminar, which has two parts. In the first part, Criss will focus on the U.S. Department of Justice's Immigration and Naturalization's I-9 Form, which employers have to fill out for all employees hired. Afterwards, Bodner will focus on the employers' liability and which workers are covered against injury and illness by workers' compensation.
The cost of the seminar is $48. Pre-paid registration is required. To register, mail payment to the University of Georgia, 401 Cherry St., Suite 701, Macon, Ga. 31201. For more information about the seminar, contact Employment Marketing Representatives (EMR) Gail Becham or Maureen
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Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release
Wilson of the Macon Career Center at (478) 751-6164.
The career center provides job seekers and employers with a wealth of new information and resource services, modern technology, and a customer-focused, state-of-the-art business environment. A major element of the career center is the G1 Georgia Career Network, an on-line information resource. The electronic network helps equip workers and new entrants into the job market with the tools and information needed to evaluate career options, prepare for work, and find the right job. It also provides employers with an abundance of workforce-related information. The network can be accessed at the career center or via the Internet at www.dol. state.ga.us.

NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 656-3032.

E-mail: communications@dol.state.ga.us.

FY-03-517

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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