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Immigration - Visas
USCIS has expanded premium processing for F-1 students to pending Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) applications based on Optional Practice Training (OPT) and STEM OPT. On April 3, 2023, the same will be extended to new EAD applications for OPT and STEM OPT. The cost for this premium processi
Puerto Rico
The struggle to provide certainty on employment issues to the private sector in Puerto Rico is not over.
ADA - General
For the manufacturing industry, managing employee injury and illness presents unique challenges.
Washington State - General
The Seattle City Council passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on caste in employment, housing, and public accommodation. Seattle’s mayor approved the ordinance on February 23, 2023, and the ordinance will take effect March 25, 2023, 30 days from the mayor’s approval.
Illinois - General
The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision that a separate claim under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrues each time an entity scans or transmits an individual’s biometric identifier or biometric information will lead to absurd and unjust results not intended by the Illinois Genera
Immigration - General
U.S. passport renewals are taking longer. Applying for renewals well in advance of travel abroad may be particularly important if you also need a visa in the new passport. Moreover, many countries require that your passport be valid for at least 3 months, or even 6 months, beyond the period
Class Actions - Wage & Hour
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to settle the circuit split on whether its 2017 decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal. applies to collective actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In Bristol-Myers, a mass tort action, the justices held that a federal court co
FLSA - General
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to settle the circuit split on whether its 2017 decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal. applies to collective actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). In Bristol-Myers, the justices held that a federal c
Labor Law - Unions
Union organizing in the technology industry—particularly in the video gaming industry is increasing—and diversifying. Labor unions now have a new target: developers and testers.
Puerto Rico
Less than a year after its enactment, a federal district court has declared null and void Puerto Rico Act 41-2022 , a law that rolled back parts of the 2017 employment law reform. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Pierluisi Urrutia , No. 17 BK 3283-LTS (D. P.R. March 3, 202
Labor Law
The National Labor Relations Board reinstated its previous standard for restricting employee severance agreements. McLaren Macomb , 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023).
OSHA - General
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) successfully established the existence of an excessive heat hazard for which the agency cited the employer, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has ruled, resolving a question open since 2019.
HR - General
To help protect against criminal ransomware and cyberattacks , modern manufacturing plants should ensure they have reasonable physical, administrative, and technical safeguards in place.
Immigration - Visas
USCIS has proposed raising its filing fees – and the burden of those increased fees will fall primarily on employers large and small. For example, the filing fee for an H-1B visa would be raised by 70% from $460 to $780. The registration fee for Cap H-1Bs would increase from
HR - Reductions In Force (RIF)
In these uncertain economic times, many manufacturers and other employers are deliberating over measures to shore up their financial positions and reassessing their workforce needs. Employers may be considering organizational restructuring, including voluntary attrition programs and staff reductions
FLSA - Overtime, General
Affirming an en banc decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that an employer’s day-rate pay structure did not satisfy the “salary basis” component of the “white collar” executive exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), even though th
Labor Law - General
The National Labor Relations Board has returned to its pre-2020 standard restricting certain confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in departing employees’ severance agreements. McLaren Macomb , 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023).
New Jersey - General
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law the “ Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights ,” providing temporary workers significant rights regarding their employment through temporary help service firms.
Immigration - General
Passport stamps used to be treasured mementos for some travelers, but they are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Instead, biometrics and electronic entry systems are being deployed. But that is not the only thing that is changing. Now, in many countries, e-Gates may take the place of customs
California - General
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 51 with respect to arbitration agreements governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., et al. v. B