by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2011 | USCIS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a new wave of notifications to companies whose I-9 records it intends to audit. The Form I-9 is used to record the eligibility of a company's employees to work in the United States legally. So far, in fiscal...
by Girish Anand | Nov 4, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law
The public commentary period on new child labor regulations for youths working on and around farms proposed by the Department of Labor (DOL) in early September has been extended a full month to Dec. 1, 2011. The extension was granted by the Obama administration after...
by Girish Anand | Nov 3, 2011 | USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Oct. 25 began issuing redesigned forms I-766, the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that establishes both identity and authorization to work in the United States for purposes of I-9 registration....
by Girish Anand | Nov 2, 2011 | DOL, OSHA
Speaking as one of the keynoters at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia today, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chief David Michaels spent a lot of time defending OSHA regulations as not being "job-killers"...
by Girish Anand | Nov 1, 2011 | OSHA
In June 2011, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) the agency’s plan to update requirements under its recordkeeping rule, including removing some partial exemptions for certain...