News & Analysis as of August 20, 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 -

Update: USCIS Expands Eligibility for 540-Day EAD Extension

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/1/2025

After reaching out to both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) for clarification, USCIS has issued a significant and unexpected update...more

Student/Exchange Visitor Visa Processing Resumes with Expanded Screening for Social Media

Littler on 6/24/2025

Last month the State Department temporarily paused processing of all new student and exchange visitor visa appointments (including F, M, and J visas) at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide while it developed and expanded...more

Navigating the New Entry Restrictions: Implications for Global Mobility and Workforce Planning

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2025

On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more

Extension of Hiring Freeze (Trump EO Tracker)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/21/2025

Extends the freeze on hiring Federal civilian employees within the executive branch through July 15, 2025. This freeze continues to apply to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational...more

In the DHS and DOL Bulls-eye: Foreign National Contract Workers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/2/2019

Employers who source talent from consulting or staffing companies continue to face growing scrutiny from multiple government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and...more

Longest Government Shutdown In History Is Impacting Workplace Law

Fisher Phillips on 1/14/2019

As of Saturday, the current federal government shutdown became the longest in our nation’s history—and employers are starting to feel the sting. While the peculiarities of the federal budget process meant that this shutdown...more

How The Government Shutdown Is Affecting Your Workplace

Fisher Phillips on 12/27/2018

Because Congress and the president could not approve a stopgap funding bill by midnight on December 21, the federal government partially shut down, with no compromise in sight. What will this mean for employers across the...more

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