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Work Authorization Update—Relaxed Rules For E, L, and H Spouses
Effective November 12, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) extended employment authorization for certain E, H, and L dependent spouses. Specifically, USCIS now recognizes that L and E dependent spouses have the ability to work “incident to status” and that … Continue reading
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Travel to the U.S. – Are Your Employees Ready?
Effective 12:01 a.m. today, Presidential Proclamation 10294 took effect. That Proclamation rescinds the pandemic geographic travel bans and instead implements certain COVID-19 vaccine requirements for all international air travelers to the U.S. To read more about this development, click here.
Posted in Uncategorized
| Tagged CDC, COVID-19, Immigration Update, Presidential Proclamation 10294
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New Procedures for Employers Managing I-9 Forms
U.S. employers generally must properly complete Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States to verify the identify and employment authorization of that individual. As part of that process, the employee must present the company … Continue reading
New Mexico Check-Up: Paid Sick Leave Coming 2022
Beginning July 1, 2022, New Mexico will require private employers to provide up to 64 paid sick leave hours to their employees each year. The Healthy Workplaces Act (“HWA”) was signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 8, 2021 … Continue reading
Posted in New Mexico, Sick Leave
| Tagged Healthy Workplaces Act, New Mexico, Paid Sick Leave
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USCIS Delays Wage-Based Selection Process for H-1Bs
On February 4, 2021, USCIS announced that it was delaying the effective date of the final rule that would have altered the way H-1Bs were allocated in the lottery process. See here. Under the rule entitled “Modification of Registration Requirement … Continue reading
Show Them the Money: Colorado’s New Equal Pay Law
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) goes into effect January 1, 2021. To implement the Act, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment recently adopted the Equal Pay Transparency (“EPT”) Rules. Here, we summarize certain notable features of … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Hiring, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Colorado, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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Mail or In-Person Voting? The NLRB Issues Guidance on Representation Elections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As with many other facets of life, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handles representation cases. This week, in Aspirus Keweenaw & Michigan Nurses Ass’n, Petitioner, 370 NLRB No. 45 (2020), the NLRB adopted a … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, NLRB, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Elections, NLRB, Unions
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Let’s Stay Out of the Weeds – Arizona’s Recreational Marijuana Proposition
This November, Arizona voters will decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. One burning question for employers: How does this impact operations? We consider some of the issues here.
Posted in Arizona, Immigration, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Arizona Drug Testing of Employees Act, Drug Testing, Immigration, Medical Marijuana, Prop. 207, Recreational Marijuana
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Colorado Enacts the “Healthy Families and Workplace Act”
The new Healthy Families and Workplace Act (“Act”) requires all private employers in Colorado to provide three types of paid sick leave to their Colorado employees: 1) COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave; 2) paid sick and safe time; and 3) … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Sick Leave, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Colorado, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
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COVID-19: Employment Squalls Likely to Hit Employers
Many employers have opened for business and now hope for much-needed smooth sailing. As they chart their course for open and calm waters, however, employers would be well-served to keep their spyglasses focused on the horizon’s rough seas. Click here … Continue reading
Posted in ADEA, FLSA, OSHA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, FFCRA, OSHA, Wage & Hour, WARN Act
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