Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increases worksite enforcement by more than 50%. What should employers understand to prevent fines and minimize reputational risk?...more
7/20/2018
/ Buy American Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
Seyfarth Synopsis: “ICE will enforce the law, and if you are found to be breaking the law, you will be held accountable.” Referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) early morning raids at nearly a hundred...more
1/15/2018
/ Business Interruption ,
Deportation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Raids ,
Retail Market ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Homeland Security ends Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Haiti, affecting close to 300,000 individuals. Employers should be prepared to handle the influx of work...more
1/10/2018
/ DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Haiti ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Nicaragua ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
USCIS
Seyfarth Synopsis: USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9 that employers must use to verify identity and employment authorization of new hires effective September 18, 2017. There are no substantive changes from the...more
7/19/2017
/ E-Verify ,
Electronic Filing ,
Eligibility ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS ,
Verification Requirements ,
Visas
Seyfarth Synopsis: If Congress fails to pass a funding bill by midnight on Friday, April 28, resulting in a federal government shutdown, it would trigger numerous immigration-related ripple effects on employers, both large...more
4/25/2017
/ Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Shutdown ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
Popular ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the Department of Homeland Security, as well as the administration generally, signals increases in immigration enforcement activity, businesses are advised to implement clear protocols for the conduct of...more
Today marks just over a month since Donald Trump was elected as the next President of the United States. As each cabinet appointment is announced, we get more clues to help us predict which direction the Trump...more
12/13/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Capital Investments ,
Capital Markets ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Water Rule ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Coal Industry ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cuba ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Defense Contracts ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Deregulation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EB-5 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exports ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Form I-9 ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Groundwater ,
H-1B ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Immigration Reform ,
Iran Sanctions ,
L-1 ,
Lending ,
Loans ,
Medicare ,
Minimum Salary ,
Multinationals ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Presidential Elections ,
Renewable Energy ,
Repatriation ,
Repeal ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
STEM ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
Trump Administration ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
USCIS ,
Venture Capital