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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 3/31/2025

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the Trump administration has been moving on initiatives impacting the workplace and beyond. For the latest...more

[Event] Health Care & Life Sciences 2025 - December 5th, Philadelphia, PA

Cozen O'Connor on 11/1/2024

Cozen O'Connor will host Health Care & Life Sciences 2025, our annual in-person seminar exploring critical issues impacting health care and life sciences businesses. Join attorneys and professionals from our Health Care &...more

Last Call for E-Verify Records: Compliance Steps Before the January 5, 2025 Disposal

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/15/2024

USCIS’s E-Verify Disposal Announcement - The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that employers using E-Verify have until January 5, 2025, to download and retain records for cases last...more

Stay Compliant: Key Deadlines and Updates for EB-5 Integrity Fund Payments: What You Need to Know for FY 2023, 2024, and 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/7/2024

The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) introduced significant requirements for designated EB-5 regional centers, one of the most notable being the annual payment into the EB-5 Integrity Fund. Beginning on October 1,...more

Proposed Federal Contractor Rule Will Impose Pay Equity and Transparency

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/20/2024

There are proposed amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that will change employment practices for federal contractors in two ways. First, these amendments will prohibit federal contractors from seeking and...more

Who is a “Senior Executive” Under the FTC’s Non-Compete Clause Rule? It’s More Narrow Than You Think.

Bodman on 5/16/2024

The FTC’s non-compete ban is the topic of conversation for most in the HR world. As we all have heard, the FTC issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) which would ban nearly all non-compete provisions with limited...more

Proposed Rule Would Impose Pay Transparency and Salary History Requirements for Federal Contractors

Perkins Coie on 2/16/2024

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting,” on January 30, 2024. The Proposed Rule would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs), which...more

Employers Must Switch to New Version of Form I-9 by October 31, 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/25/2023

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will publish a revised Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification), which is used by employers to verify an employee’s identity and...more

DHS Announces New Form I-9 and Remote Verification for E-Verify Employers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2023

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced on July 21, 2023 they will publish a revised version of Form I-9 on August 1, 2023. DHS also announced an enhanced remote verification flexibility using video for E-Verify...more

Electronic I-9 Flexibility Provisions Expire on July 31, 2023; Physical Inspections Due on August 30, 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/12/2023

Since March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have allowed employers flexibilities with remote workers to defer physical inspection of I-9 documents temporarily...more

Updated FCRA Summary of Consumer Rights Released with a Mandatory Compliance Deadline of March 20, 2024

Littler on 3/23/2023

On March 17, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an updated version of the publication entitled, “A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which is also called the “Summary of...more

Guidance for Contractors Who Missed the June 30 Deadline for Affirmative Action Plan Certification

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2022

The deadline for federal contractors to certify their affirmative action compliance in OFCCP’s new Contractor Portal passed on June 30, 2022, and the agency chose not to extend that date. However, OFCCP issued guidance for...more

California Enacts Law Requiring Certain Employers to Offer Open Positions to Laid Off Employees in the Travel and Hospitality...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/28/2021

As travel begins to resume in California, the Legislature has imposed additional stringent requirements on employers in the travel and hospitality industries. Beginning April 16, 2021, Senate Bill 93 will require employers in...more

H-1B Cap Registration Update

Littler on 2/24/2020

In late 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would implement the registration process for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap. The H-1B visa is used by businesses that want to employ foreign...more

New Form I-9 and Instructions Released with May 1, 2020 Deadline for Implementation

Stinson LLP on 2/4/2020

The long-awaited revision of the Form I-9 was released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on January 31, 2020. While the form itself underwent no substantive changes, the Form I-9 Instructions have been...more

Littler Global Guide - Canada - Q4 2019

Littler on 1/31/2020

Ontario: Bill 124, for a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations, Enacted - New Legislation Enacted - On November 7, 2019, the Ontario government passed Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for...more

What Does California's New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements Mean for Staffing Firms?

Littler on 2/12/2019

Last year, California enacted SB 1343, amending California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to expand employers' sexual harassment training requirements. Previously, employers with 50 or more employees had to provide...more

Puerto Rico Treasury Department Changes Tax Reporting on Act 80 Payments Made During Tax Year 2018

Littler on 11/6/2018

On October 22, 2018, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (the “PR Treasury”) issued Publication 18-03, which makes tax reporting and tax deadline changes for certain severance payments. ...more

EEOC Issues Final Rule To Modify FOIA Regulations

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/23/2017

Changes Will Affect Certain FOIA Procedures, Federal Agency Says - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has finalized an update of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) procedures by...more

H-1B Season is Almost Upon Us

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 1/28/2015

As a reminder to all U.S. employers, H-1B season is on the horizon! United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will start accepting new H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2016 on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. As such,...more

New OFCCP Regulations Published—Effective Date Currently March 24, 2014

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/25/2013

Yesterday, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its revisions to the current disability and veterans regulations in the Federal Register. These controversial rules become effective 180 days...more

Countdown Starts For Effective Date Of Revised Veterans' And Rehabilitation Act Regulations

FordHarrison on 9/24/2013

Today, September 24, 2013, the OFCCP published in the federal register the Final Rule revising the VEVRAA and Rehabilitation Act regulations. This means the revised regulations will take effect March 24, 2014, which is 180...more

New York City Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based on an Individual's Unemployment Status Goes Into Effect on June 11, 2013

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/5/2013

This is just a friendly reminder that New York City’s new law prohibiting discrimination based on an individual’s current unemployment status is set to become effective next week, June 11, 2013. Employers: if you have not...more

Are You Using the Correct Form I-9?

Morgan Lewis on 5/8/2013

Use of the new form is mandatory starting May 7, 2013. As we reported earlier, on March 8, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a newly revised Employment Eligibility Verification form, Form...more

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