{"id":451263,"date":"2025-09-25T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451263\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:13:11","slug":"tha-hosts-backstretch-workforce-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451263\/","title":{"rendered":"THA Hosts Backstretch Workforce Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/THA-webinar-image-1024x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"single-featured-img\" id=\"single-featured-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 29\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association (THA) will host an important Backstretch Workforce Topics Webinar on\u00a0<strong>Monday, September 29 at 11:00 a.m.<\/strong>\u00a0This timely session will focus on I-9 audits, legal risks, and workforce enforcement issues that directly affect employers in the racing industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why This Matters<\/strong>: Since the start of 2025, federal agencies\u2014including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)\u2014have significantly increased worksite enforcement. Employers are seeing more:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I-9 audits<\/li>\n<li>Workplace raids<\/li>\n<li>High-profile investigations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Noncompliance can result in civil fines, criminal charges, and major disruptions to operations. Compounding the risk, offers of deferred action and work authorization have encouraged some employees to cooperate in investigations\u2014often at the employer\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Learn<\/strong>: This session will outline practical steps employers should take to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Build and maintain compliant I-9 practices<\/li>\n<li>Minimize legal and operational risks under heightened scrutiny<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for and respond effectively to unannounced government visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Webinar Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday, September 29<br \/><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a011:00 a.m. ET<br \/><strong>Panelists:<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Thomas (Holland &amp; Hart), Jay Ingle (Jackson Kelly)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-registration is required.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_w1kqEySOQ_-TbXohaOKdXw#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click to register.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We encourage all members\u2014especially those employing backstretch workers\u2014to attend this critical session<\/p>\n<p>About the Panelists<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Partner at Holland &amp; Hart with 28 years of experience representing companies\u2014including those in the equine industry\u2014in audits and immigration-related investigations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jay Ingle<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Attorney at Jackson Kelly, focusing on commercial litigation, equine law, and labor &amp; employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, September 29\u00a0 Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association Release The Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association (THA) will host an important Backstretch Workforce&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-451263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}