by PC Editorial Staff | Oct 26, 2021 | Discrimination, DOJ, DOL, immigration
On October 19th, 2021, the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Justice (DOJ) announced separate settlement agreements involving Facebook discrimination claims. Specifically, the agreements involved the company’s use of the federal permanent labor certification program,...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 7, 2021 | DHS, I-9, immigration
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced an additional extension to the Form I-9 physical inspections exemption for businesses hiring remote workers. The August 31 announcement is similar to extensions granted throughout 2020 involving Form I-9...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 31, 2021 | CDC, Coronavirus (COVID-19), immigration
On August 24th, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new rules affecting new green card applicants. Markedly, effective October 1, the CDC will require the COVID-19 vaccine for applicants to obtain permanent residence and refugee...
by Editorial Staff | May 25, 2021 | immigration
The Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) published a joint temporary final worker H-2B Visa rule. Released on May 21st, 2021, overall, the Rule makes an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker Visas available. The Visas will be...
by Editorial Staff | May 24, 2021 | DHS, E-Verify, immigration
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 19 an extension to the E-Verify record destruction date. Released on the E-Verify website, the alert delays the previously announced destruction date for records more than 10 years old. Accordingly, on...
by Editorial Staff | May 17, 2021 | Biden Administration, DOL, immigration
Recently, the Labor Department (DOL) has announced an expected Prevailing Wage Rule delay. Consequently, the DOL has pushed back the original effective date of the Final Rule an additional 18 months. The original Final Rule focused on calculating prevailing wages of...