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Top 3 Misconceptions Employers Have About I-9 Self Audits

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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

Lippes Mathias LLP

Problems Caused by U.S. Electronic Entry System

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In 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made its first moves toward a transition from paper admission documents to electronic issuance of I-94 Departure Records, which determine in what status and until what date a...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Canadian Immigration in the Digital Age: Elevating Efficiency through Automation - May 25th, 10:00 am PT

In the wake of macroeconomic shifts and an increased focus on remote work, the demand for foreign talent in Canada is at an all-time high. We are seeing this result in all-time high immigration targets, historic rises in...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

What Is The Legal Status Of Sandra In The United States—The Orangutan Granted Legal Personhood Status In Argentina?

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As reported by the Associated Press on November 7, 2019, Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan that was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina has moved to the Center for Great Apes in central Florida after being...more

Harris Beach PLLC

The Business of Immigration: Managing a Multi-National/Multi-Cultural Workforce

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With our ever increasingly global workforce, it is becoming critical to have an awareness of immigration related concepts, not only the legal aspects of onboarding foreign hires, but also the “human”, cultural aspects of a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

ICE May Visit Your Company or University Campus – a Quick Checklist and Guidance

Lately, ICE has been more active in making arrests of undocumented individuals. Statistically however, the number of arrests are very small and the “bark” is much bigger than the “bite.” Nonetheless, it is helpful for...more

Fisher Phillips

ICE At The Schoolhouse Gate

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Over the past year, issues regarding immigration have consumed a great part of our nation’s attention. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), created in 2003, serves as the primary investigative agency of...more

Burr & Forman

I-9 Self Audits

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Recent ICE activity has demonstrated the importance of properly completing Form I-9 and the consequences that result from not doing so. One of the best ways for a company to feel confident upon receipt of an audit notice from...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

More Employers Were “ICED” in Fiscal Year 2018

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) recently released statistics on its worksite enforcement activities for the federal fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018. It should surprise no one that worksite...more

Fisher Phillips

And Now The Bad News: Avalanche of California Bills Continues to Advance

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As we discussed in our last blog post, California employers received some rare good news in recent days.  Bills to expand California’s paid sick leave requirement and to require employers to accommodate medical marijuana use...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Calling ICE about Your Plaintiff Could Make You the Defendant

An attorney representing his employer-client calls Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to inquire about the plaintiff’s immigration status. Is that potentially retaliation under the employment laws? If it is, can the...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: April 2017

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This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage and hour and discrimination issues. Wage & Hour - Batze v. Safeway, Inc., 10 Cal. App. 5th 440, 216 Cal. Rptr. 3d 390 (2017) - Summary: While determination of...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

What’s in a name? A battle for a transgender immigrant’s rights

While the United States continues to grapple with transgender rights—including the right to restroom access—transgender individuals across the globe often face severe persecution and torture on account of their gender...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

AB 2532 Eliminates the Requirement that Private Employers Contracting with State and Local Agencies Verify an Individual’s Status...

Effective January 1, 2017, Assembly Bill 2532 eliminates the requirement that private employers contracting with state and local government agencies to provide specified employment services verify an individual’s legal status...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

2016 Employment Bills Moving Through The CA Legislative Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Pending new bills that have now passed their house of origin would (i) expand DLSE enforcement authority, (ii) impose advance scheduling requirements on restaurant, grocery, and retail employers, (iii)...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Immigration-Related Documents and Information Not Discoverable in Wage and Hour Lawsuit

A New York federal court recently said that the plaintiff-employees involved in a wage and hour lawsuit are not required to produce their immigration documents and information. The case is important because it limits an...more

Stinson LLP

Immigration Related Action Items for Employers

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E-VERIFY USERS TAKE NOTE: USCIS DELETING OLDER RECORDS FROM E-VERIFY SYSTEM - E-Verify is notifying its participants that effective January 1, 2015, E-Verify transaction records more than 10 years old will be deleted...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Upcoming E-Verify Record Disposal Date

Beginning January 1, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start disposing of E-Verify Records that are 10 years old and older....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

E-Verify Keeps Getting in the News – That is the Way USCIS Wants it

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is heavily invested in the success of the E-Verify program, which it sees as the core for all future employer compliance programs. ...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

E-Verify Maintenance Requirements Modified to Minimize Security Risks

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On January 1, 2015, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will begin disposing of E-Verify records that are over 10 years old in accordance with the National Archives Records Administration records...more

Carlton Fields

National Visa Center No Longer Collecting Original Civil Documents

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As of November 12, the National Visa Center (NVC) has ceased collecting original civil documents in support of immigrant visa (IV) applications. From this date forward, most applicants may submit high quality photocopies of...more

Baker Donelson

Old E-Verify Data: Download it or Lose It

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USCIS is giving participating employers the chance, in the final quarter of every calendar year starting now, to download for employers' storage E-Verify records older than 10 years before USCIS destroys those historical...more

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California Supreme Court: Undocumented Worker May Recover Lost Wages for Period Up to Employer’s Discovery of Immigration Status

Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., S196568 (June 26, 2014): On June 26, the California Supreme Court issued a decision holding that federal immigration law does not preempt a California law that extends state law protections to...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The U.S. Department Of Justice Confirms That Participation In E-Verify Does Not Provide Blanket Protection to Employers

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In U.S. v. Golf International, an employer contended that E-Verify participation should entitle it to a presumption that it did not violate immigration laws after being issued an initial fine of $136,697 for failing to...more

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Tips To Ready Employers When Immigration Agencies Come Knocking

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Worksite enforcement actions for immigration-related matters are on the rise; the Obama Administration is emphasizing worksite compliance obligations; and immigration-related audits are increasing....more

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