News & Analysis as of September 13, 2025

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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 -

Rise in E-Verify Desk Audits: What U.S. Employers Need to Know in 2025

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/15/2025

In recent months, we have seen a notable uptick in E-Verify desk audits and related inquiries from federal and state agencies. This trend reflects the current administration’s heightened focus on employer immigration...more

Social Security Administration Office Closures and Impact on Social Security Number Issuance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/31/2020

With the closure of Social Security Administration (SSA) offices in the wake of COVID-19, we are receiving questions concerning the impact on work authorization for individuals who may have recently entered the U.S. in a...more

Scared to Check the Mail? Employers Face the Return of No-Match Letters

Littler on 10/31/2019

In the spring of 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) renewed its practice of sending employment eligibility correction request notices (known as “no-match letters”) to employers. The SSA had discontinued the...more

SSA No-Match Letters – What You Need to Know

Burr & Forman on 9/24/2019

The Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed sending Employer Correction Request Notices, more commonly referred to as “No-Match Letters”, to employers in the Spring of 2019, following a seven-year period with no issuance...more

Important Recent Developments in Business Immigration Law

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 6/5/2019

Consulates Now Requesting Social Media Information From Visa Applicants A new State Department policy requires all U.S. visa applicants to submit information about social media accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter or...more

Social Security Administration Resumes No-Match Notifications to Employers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/22/2019

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has begun issuing "no-match" letters to employers informing them of employees whose Social Security numbers on W-2 forms do not match SSA records. ...more

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