The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires a coordinated and streamlined eligibility and enrollment process for all Insurance Affordability Programs (IAPs), including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), and...more
The U.S. Pre-Adoption Immigration Review (“PAIR”) process provides systematic safeguards for prospective adoptive children and parents. Under PAIR, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will review a...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the three federal agencies with primary responsibility for implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...more
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Web site, “U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States — either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who...more
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has extended Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for eligible nationals of El Salvador for an additional 18 months, beginning Sept. 10, 2013, and ending March 9, 2015. ...more
Please be advised that as of May 7, 2013, employers are required to use a revised I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form which has recently been issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). This...more
In March 2013, after receiving thousands of comments, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an updated Form I-9. The goal was to simplify the Form, reformat it, and clarify the instructions to reduce...more
Social Security Disability (SSD) is a Federal government benefit program that provides a monthly benefit to people who are unable to continue working because they suffer from fatal or serious medical conditions (lasting at...more
The eligibility requirements for obtaining compensation for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund have changed. ...more
Thus far SCRA enforcement activity has focused on the federal act, leaving the states overlooked....more
Is your company considering reclassifying certain workers, but hesitant because it is worried about triggering a federal employment tax audit or not having consistently filed Form 1099s for those workers in the past? If you...more
On April 17, 2013, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services released an updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP). As self-described, OIG updated the SDP to...more
As most employers are aware, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (the “Act”) requires employers to verify that their employees are legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Homeland...more
A new version of Form I-9 was released by USCIS on March 8, 2013. Employers were required by law to begin using the new version of Form I-9 effective immediately, but USCIS gave employers a 60-day grace period to implement...more
Use of the new form is mandatory starting May 7, 2013. As we reported earlier, on March 8, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a newly revised Employment Eligibility Verification form, Form...more
All employers are reminded that the newly revised I-9 form, issued by the Department of Homeland Security on March 8, 2013, must be used for all new hires beginning today. Use of the older version of the form after today...more
Employers must begin using the new version of Form I-9 on May 7, 2013. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced publication of the revised Form I-9 for...more
Beginning May 7, 2013, all employers must begin using the new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9, with a revision date of March 8, 2013. Employers who fail to use this new form beginning on May 7, 2013, may be...more
Effective May 7, 2013, all U.S. employers must only use the new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (revision date 3/8/13N) to comply with employment eligibility verification requirements under the Immigration Reform...more
As a follow-up to our Alert of March 8, 2013, this is a reminder that the revised Form I-9 must be used by all U.S. employers for new hires starting tomorrow, May 7, 2013....more
As we alerted you in March, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) released a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, but allowed employers to continue using the previous version for a...more
Starting May 7, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will accept only the new version of the I-9 employment eligibility verification form. You may recall that on March 7, 2013, the USCIS announced that...more
As of May 7, 2013, all employers must be using the new, revised Form I-9 issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Employers are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 to verify the identity and...more
Starting on May 7, 2013, all employers in the United States may only use the new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/13N to comply with employment eligibility verification requirements...more
Two of Mercy Health System’s hospitals (Nazareth Hospital and the former St. Agnes Medical Center) successfully challenged, before Judge Ludwig of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the...more
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