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Time to Pause on PERM? 6 Reasons the National Interest Waiver is Rising as a Workplace Immigration Solution

Employers looking to retain current foreign national employees or attract highly skilled talent should consider adding the National Interest Waiver to their immigration sponsorship toolset. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,...more

Top 3 Misconceptions Employers Have About I-9 Self Audits

Over 11 million people are likely in the United States without legal authorization to work, accounting for over 3% of our workforce. This often forces employers to choose between essential employment compliance and economic...more

3 Worksite I-9 Compliance Updates: The Times They Are a Changin’ … For the Better?

The USCIS approach to immigration compliance is changing rapidly as we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. While employers must use Form I-9 to verify employment eligibility, it is an often-overlooked requirement that may open...more

5 Employer Takeaways – and Predictions – From Biden’s 2023 State of the Union

“For too long, workers have been getting stiffed. But not anymore. We’re beginning to restore the dignity of work.” With these words, spoken by President Biden midway through his State of the Union address Tuesday night,...more

USCIS Agrees to Streamline Ability of Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses to Secure Employment Authorization

Federal immigration officials just agreed to streamline the process by which certain nonimmigrant dependent spouses are able to secure employment, reverting to a previous method that should reduce processing times and...more

Passing the Buck: Feds Propose Increasing Workplace Immigration Fees

Employers in the U.S. would face significant increases in filing fees for many employment-based petitions under a recent USCIS proposal. The changes would place the burden on employers to cover the cost of processing complex...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2023

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all, at the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19. None of us had heard the phrase “the...more

Forecast: May 2022 Edition

Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

2022 Brings 3 Welcome Changes for Workplace Visa Issuances

As the new year begins, federal immigration officials are implementing rules to help the over 500,000 backlogged visa appointments – three of which will be quite welcome news to employers across the country. Most of these...more

Ho, Ho, Hmmmmm… How Omicron May Change International Travel for Your Workforce this Holiday Season

It was inevitable and now official: the Omicron variant of COVID-19 arrived in the United States in recent days. One of the main challenges this new threat poses for employers is determining how it will impact (and be...more

From Crisis Comes Opportunity: A Silver Linings Playbook For Businesses Emerging From the Pandemic

It’s been said that from crisis comes opportunity. And given that the COVID-19 pandemic has handed us the greatest collective crisis in our lifetimes, it should stand to reason that we should now be in the perfect position to...more

What Employers Need To Know As Marty Walsh Tapped To Head Labor Department

Given the tumultuous news that occupied all of our attentions last week, you may have missed the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor – the first...more

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s DACA Rollback, But Immigration Officials Show No Signs of Compliance

A federal judge recently struck down the Trump administration’s recent efforts to significantly restrict the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protection from deportation for approximately...more

ICE Clarifies And Extends “Relaxed” I-9 Rules Until End Of Year

Federal immigration officials announced on November 18 that the relaxed rules for completing I-9 forms has been extended until December 31, 2020. Officials also recently issued guidance that should further help employers...more

What’s Next For Employers: Top 10 Immigration Developments To Expect Under The Biden Administration

While the election results may still be debated until officially certified and litigation is resolved, employers should be looking ahead to what a Biden administration will mean for immigration. Prior to this tumultuous year,...more

Top 11 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Biden

It appears to be official: unless the election results can be overturned in several states, Joe Biden will soon be our nation’s 46th president. Now the work begins to forecast what the next four years will bring. We’ve spent...more

Trump Proclamation Expands Restrictions On Legal Immigration

President Trump just issued a Proclamation to further restrict legal immigration, preventing employers from bringing new H-1B, H-2B, L-1A, L-1B, and J-1 workers from abroad into the United States. Effective June 24, 2020...more

What Employers Need To Know About The White House’s COVID-19 Immigration Proclamation

In a measure responding to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, President Trump has issued a proclamation temporarily suspending the entry of immigrant-visa applicants for 60 days. Although the initial announcement preceding the...more

ICE Steps Up I-9 Inspections In Southern California Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Many businesses already facing COVID-19 coronavirus-related threats to the bottom line are now besieged on another front as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ramped up the I-9 workplace inspections central to...more

Answers To Employer Questions In Wake Of Threatened ICE Raids

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) threatened to start to carry out a series of immigration raids this weekend seeking to identify and apprehend undocumented individuals – with some potentially occurring at the...more

An Employer’s 7-Step Guide To Navigating Newly Revived No-Match Letters

The Social Security Administration recently resurrected its practice of issuing Employer Correction Request notices – also known as “no-match letters” – when it receives employee information from an employer that does not...more

Massive Changes To H-1B System Proposed For 2019

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently proposed a new rule that could dramatically change the way the H-1B application process works. The rule would establish an electronic pre-registration system and run the...more

ICE Turns Up The Heat On Employers This Summer - You Should Be On High Alert Amidst Recent Spike In I-9 Audits

In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has significantly increased the number of Notices of Inspection issued to employers nationwide, leading to a dramatic spike in I-9 audits. Unlike the enforcement...more

ICE Storm: Immigration Compliance Threats To The Hospitality Industry

It’s no secret that immigration compliance is a priority to the Trump administration, so the recent announcement that it expects the number of worksite investigations to quadruple in coming years should come as no surprise....more

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