Recent large settlements by Facebook ($14.25 million) and Apple ($25 million) with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) sent a message to employers: the federal government can force...more
In January, the Department of Homeland Security announced that noncitizen workers who are victims or witnesses to labor rights violations can now access streamlined and expedited deferred action request process. Deferred...more
Updating our list from last year, E-Verify is an electronic employment verification program through which employers may verify the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. Although E-Verify was initially...more
E-Verify is an electronic employment verification program through which employers may confirm the work eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. Although E-Verify started as a voluntary program, except for...more
On Jan. 31, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form, version date of “Rev. 10/21/2019,” that all employers must begin using on May 1, 2020....more
Could you imagine losing your workers overnight for immigration reasons due to an unrelated investigation? Recent headlines about an April 5 immigration raid of a meat processing plant in Tennessee announced the biggest...more
Several of our clients have operations in California and their HR teams are often tasked with supporting facilities and employees that are based in California. Yet another important California difference is what employers...more