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President Trump’s Four Executive Actions Extend Certain Coronavirus Relief Programs, but Create Legal Uncertainty
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued four executive actions–one executive order and three Presidential Memoranda–aimed at extending various coronavirus relief programs that have already expired, or are set to expire, in the absence of congressional action. These executive actions … Continue reading
Presidential Proclamation restricts non-immigrants’ entry into U.S.
President Trump’s Proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment based nonimmigrant visas into the United States takes effect at 12:01 EST on June 24, 2020. The Proclamation suspends the issuance of visas for those in the following … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Work Authorization
| Tagged Foreign National, H-1B, L, Nonimmigrant, Trump, USCIS, Visa Lottery, Work Visa
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Congress Adds More Flexibility to Paycheck Protection Program
On June 3, the United States Senate passed the “Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act” (Act), which is designed to create additional flexibility for borrowers under the terms of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Act previously passed the United States House … Continue reading
Posted in Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, new legislation, Paycheck Protection Program, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, Trump
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Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants
President Trump late yesterday signed a Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak. For more information, click here.
Posted in Immigration, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Immigration Update, Trump
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UPDATE: Scalia Fills Labor Role
On September 26, 2019, the Senate confirmed labor and employment attorney Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary, in a 53-44 vote that was divided along party lines. Scalia served as the Labor Department’s chief legal officer from 2002-2003, before entering private … Continue reading
Posted in DOL, FLSA, Labor, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor, Trump, USDOL
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Scalia Fills Labor Role
Just as businesses were expressing cautious optimism over the interim replacement of Labor Secretary Acosta by veteran GOP operative and business ally Patrick Pizzella, on July 18, 2019 the President announced plans to nominate business attorney Eugene Scalia to fill … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Labor, Labor Secretary, Pizzella, Scalia, Trump, White House
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UPDATE: Court Confirms that Employers Are to Provide Pay Data to EEOC by Sep. 30
On April 25, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a ruling accepting the EEOC’s proposal (which we previously reported on here) that employers who file EEO-1 reports must submit wage data broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity by Sep. … Continue reading
EEOC Sets Deadline of Sep. 30 for Employers To Submit Pay Data
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just announced that it will require employers who file EEO-1 reports (typically employers with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees and at least $50,000 in contracts) to … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Pay
| Tagged Chutkan, District of Columbia, EEO, EEO-1, EEOC Guidance, Equal Pay, Obama, Pay Data, Reporting, Reporting Requirements, Trump
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Employees Use of Their Employers’ Email Resources for Union Activities
In Purple Communications Inc., 361 NLRB No. 126 (December 11, 2014) the NLRB reversed established precedent that employees did not have statutory rights to use their employers’ email resources for union activity. In that case, the Board held that employees … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Administrative Law Judge, Board, Email, Ninth Circuit, Protected Communications, Protected Concerted Activity, Purple Communications, Region 28, Robert A. Cole, Trump, Union Activities, Unions, Voicemail
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FMLA Tax Credit Available For Some Employers Who Offer Paid Leave
Although the federal Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not require employers to provide paid leave, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed late last year by President Trump, provides a tax credit incentive beginning this year for employers … Continue reading