Episode #115 - Why Mobility Should Own Right to Work Checks | Cassie Ramos, Biogen

In this episode, Paul sits down with Cassie Ramos, Lead Global Mobility Partner at Biogen. They talk about why Mobility, not HR Ops, should own right to work checks. Cassie started out as an immigration paralegal and spent about six years as an immigration attorney. At Biogen, she leads global immigration and right to work, a remit she put her hand up for. Her argument is simple. Mobility already handles the hardest right to work cases, so it understands the standard better than anyone. Owning the process doesn't mean checking every passport. It means building the process, being the escalation point and training the people who do the checks. We discuss: Why should Mobility own right to work when its population is a small slice of the company? What did a new facility in Switzerland reveal about every other country? How do you take on every new hire without checking every passport yourself? How do you decide which countries to focus on first? Why are the US, UK and Poland the hardest countries to get right? Why is right to work a business continuity issue, not just a compliance one? We hope you enjoy!