How does an employer ensure that the original documents presented appear genuine?
The employer is required to review the original verification documents to assure that they appear genuine. To assure that a document appears genuine, the employer should make certain that it does not have any obvious signs of being tampered with or forged. An employer is not expected, however, to be a fraudulent document expert, nor to ensure that the documents presented are genuine, only that they “appear” genuine.
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