About us
As the world’s first blockchain-based immigration compliance automation platform, LexChain leverages distributed ledger security to facilitate a fast, trusted, and cost-efficient way for employers to complete Form I-9 employment eligibility verification. It includes tools to facilitate verification of employee documentation, an E-Verify interface, and near real-time auditing.
HR departments, attorneys, new hires, and government regulators all benefit from the transparent nature of blockchain transactions, and LexChain offers a unique and secure access point for government investigators in case of an audit. The inherent security protects privacy and minimizes data retention risks, and the platform’s data validation and auditing features ensure the highest levels of regulatory compliance on the market. Win-win-win.
Why Blockchain?
Blockchain technology verifies and permanently records true data without relying on third parties. Compliance with employment verification regulations represents one of the best use-cases for technology that provides security, speed, and trust.
The system of distributed ledger and nodes means anyone who is involved in employment eligibility processes – employees, employers, legal representatives, and auditors – can interact with the system, input required information and documentation, and ensure that all actions taken are recorded, making clear who took what action and when. Data validation, document reviews, and near real-time auditing ensures that I-9 forms are completed correctly and reduces the possibility of errors. Additionally, government regulators can be provided secure access to select records and an immutable audit trail to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
Ensuring stringent compliance with electronic I-9 regulatory requirements, while simultaneously limiting the possibility of human error, allows organizations to breathe easy, not worrying about costly fines for I-9 violations. LexChain’s secure storage greatly reduces the risk of data loss or privacy breaches.
Why LexChain?
Data security
Company data is stored securely and does not propagate over the network. Employees’ private data is always secure within the employer organization.
Pain-free compliance audits
Compliance status and data are always available for employers to make available to auditors and government authorities. Auditing tools allow for seamless communication between the auditor and the user, ensuring that all necessary corrections are made properly.
Cost-efficient employment eligibility verification
No more paper I-9s. No spreadsheets. Everything is automated and accurate.
Risk Mitigation
Live data is verified and audited. If it’s incorrect, it doesn’t get in.
Who Is It For?
- Every organization with even a single employee in the US is required to complete employment eligibility verification of every new hire.
- LexChain was created by teams of immigration compliance experts, technology experts, and business experts. The result is a practical solution that meets business needs, increasing HR efficiency while also reducing the risk of discrimination charges, regulatory non-compliance, and privacy violations.
- The platform includes the most robust audit trail available in the marketplace, redefining “immutable.”
- LexChain provides full, immediate view of an organization’s state of Form I-9 compliance at a macro (organization) level, mid (worksite or department) level, and a micro (employee specific) level.
- The system provides easy access to risk metrics, compliance assessments, and near real-time I-9 audit results.
- The revolutionary platform was built to customize, implement, and secure across complex organizations comprising multiple legal entities and locations, ensuring compliance even when locations have disparate processes and policies.
- LexChain provides peace of mind for employees, ensuring that personal data is secure, safely stored and handled at all stages.
- The platform’s tools and job aids provide employees who are authorized to work in the U.S. with job security, ensuring that employers accept valid proof of identity and employment eligibility.
- The system allows employers to implement virtualdocument verification where allowable and includes authorized representative access, creating an elegant solution for remote workers.
- For in-house legal teams and external providers, the system provides seamless portfolio management of client accounts, allowing counsel to monitor client compliance, offer advice, and manage government investigations while keeping data secure.
- LexChain provides easy access to cumulative statistics and compliance status on macro (organization-wide), mid (legal entity, worksite, or department), and micro (employee) levels, facilitating summary audits and access to granular information.
- Access can be customized to allow representatives to view organizational compliance without compromising the privacy of individual employees.
- LexChain provides a unique and secure space for employers to quarantine employee records that are subject to a government investigation. The organization can provide direct government access to specifically identified forms, documents, E-Verify records, and audit trails.
- This option reduces cost and complexity, increases security, and makes responding to government requests significantly more efficient.
- The system allows employers to implement virtual document verification where allowable and monitors requirement relating to in-person document review.
- LexChain includes authorized representative access, creating an elegant solution for remote workers.
- The system’s method of access for preparers and translators applies audit trail and electronic signature requirements to processes that are frequently overlooked.
Our Team
We’re the hearts and minds behind Exigent, a leading legal and technology provider. We’ve been developing and applying technology to solve legal challenges for the past couple of decades. When blockchain became real, we just couldn’t wait to put it to good use. I-9 compliance was an obvious choice for us: it’s painful and can easily be streamlined. We’re backed by Bright Minds Capital Partners, led by Claude Arnold, a 30-year subject matter expert, and supported by a team with legal and government experience in I-9 regulatory compliance, as well as experience in developing complex, innovative technology solutions.
David
Holme
Board Member
– Serial entrepreneur and investor after stint at KPMG
– Chairman and Founder of Exigent Group
– Chairman of Bright Minds Capital Partners
Nicola
Stott
Board Member
– Spent first half of her career growing bluechip companies like American Express, before shifting her focus to start-ups.
– CEO and Co-Founder of Exigent Group
– CEO of Bright Minds Capital Partners
Claude
Arnold
Chief Executive Officer
– 27-year veteran of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
– Retired as Special Agent in Charge of ICE’s largest offices in Los Angeles
– Board member, MobileSpike, police pursuit ending technology
– CEO, Rebus Solutions, border security consulting agency
Steve
Cairns
Chief Technology Officer
– Over 30 years in technology leadership positions
– Worked in a range of sectors: software, retail, legal, health and security services, supply chain, construction and education
– Experienced in leading business application development, running complex technology operations and overseeing cyber security
Nicole A. Kersey
Subject Matter Advisor
– Immigration attorney
– 15 years experience advising organizations on the Form I-9, electronic I-9 compliance, E-Verify, and related immigration and non-discrimination issues
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