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RCSI - Immigration Debate
Our government needs to understand who our skilled workforce is and what would happen if they were gone.
RCS Influencer Jennifer Stone gathered feedback from the workforce within her company who are most affected by the immigration issue: the crews. Last month at the RCS Influencers breakfast meeting at the International Roofing Expo, the topic of immigration came up. After the breakfast I started asking people within my company ...
Navigating Immigration Law within the Roofing Industry
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney details what employers need to know about immigration law and compliance. Federal law prohibits companies from employing individuals who are not authorized to work in the U.S. To comply with the law, employers must complete and maintain an Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) for each ...
NRCA position on immigration is logical, balanced and good for the industry
RCS Influencer Heidi Ellsworth says that we should all be supporting legal immigration that meets the roofing industry’s workforce needs. As I started working on this Influencer blog, I thought that I should first share the position of the NRCA who does so much for our industry. Here it is: Immigration ...
The Immigration Debate Poses a Real Economic Threat to the Roofing Industry
RCS Influencer Rudy Gutierrez says that extending deferred action and expanding guest worker programs will make a real difference in the immigration debate. The best possible outcome to the immigration debate would be comprehensive immigration reform that allows for the expansion of the guest worker program and provides an opportunity for ...
The Roofing Industry Needs Closure to the Immigration Debate
RCS Influencer Marty Stout says that the immigration debate must end so we can all move forward. If the USA is going to be a nation of laws it needs to make them, publish them and enforce them. I have been in business long enough to remember the 1986 Immigration Act ...
