[Ouderkirk]

In many cases, it takes a lot of time to start the whole process over.

Let them start over....Let their new employer shoulder that burden.

[Jamestown1630]

It’s not just to benefit the employer, and not really at all to benefit the employee. It benefits the government to have the efficient continuity and to be able to skip over some of the endless bureaucracy; at least that’s how I understand it.