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USCIS has updated the Aug. 1, 2023, edition of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, solely to extend the expiration date from July 31, 2026, to May 31, 2027. What should employers do? •Employers must be using...more
An article, first published in PLC which analyses the key changes introduced by the JCT in its Design and Build Contract, 2024 Edition, the first of the JCT's 2024 contract families to be published. Standard forms tend to...more
USCIS has released the new Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The new form must be used to file starting June 3, 2024. Among the form’s various changes, two are particularly notable: 1. Social Security Update:...more
The IRS recently released a revised version of Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification, bearing a March 2024 revision date. The revised Form W-9 modifies line 3a and includes a new line 3b....more
Despite the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issuing a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, last year, many employers continue to use an outdated version of the form... Employers must use...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 17, 2023, signed Senate Bill S3539 (Retainage Amendment), which amended Sections 756-a and 756-c of the New York General Business Law, commonly referred to as the Prompt Payment Act. The...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the new edition of the Form I-9 and employers are required to use this new version starting on November 1, 2023....more
Over the past two months, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) made multiple changes to the employment verification process, which directly impact the review and approval of employee identity and employment...more
Most of our readers are aware of the fact that the COVID era policy which allowed employers to remotely examine documentation provided by employees for completing the form I-9 ended as of July 31, 2023. All employers will now...more
On July 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced multiple changes to the Form I-9 process. The changes narrow the circumstances in which employers may review I-9 documentation remotely....more
DHS has today, July 25, 2023, published a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Form. USCIS has made significant changes to the form and its instructions, including a checkbox to indicate that an employee’s Form I-9...more
Su Nomination in Limbo. Late last week, Senator Joe Manchin publicly voiced his opposition to Julie Su’s nomination to be secretary of labor. ...more
On July 21, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would publish a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. In addition, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...more
Key Takeaways - A recent update from the New York Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) may impact which form you use when requesting a hearing to reduce or address rates Effective July 3, 2023, Forms C-25 and C-27 have...more
At the start of this year NEC published the third set of amendments to the NEC4 suite of contracts. In this Insight, we look at some of the key changes....more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has announced plans to revise the permanent labor certification (PERM) process in an effort to streamline the program, improve the employer...more
For the first time since May 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released an updated form for Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability that must be incorporated...more
Contractors must use the new form by July 25. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the standard form contractors are required to use when soliciting disability status from applicants and...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has released a revised the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305)....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed a rule that would establish a public registry of supervised nonbanks' terms and conditions in "take it or leave it" form contracts that claim to waive or limit...more
The System for Award Management website (SAM.gov) recently changed its registration and update process, and the feedback we’ve heard from clients is that it is slow – even for entities that are simply renewing an existing...more
On January 11, 2023 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would require “most nonbanks subject to the Bureau’s supervisory authority” to “register annually in [a] system” that...more
On November 14, 2022, the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission revised its employment anti-discrimination poster. The poster serves to inform employees and applicants of the protected classes of individuals covered by the...more
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) recently adopted new and amended regulations concerning the "Display of Official Posters of the Division on Civil Rights” which require employers to display two updated posters in...more
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released an updated “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster that must be prominently displayed in the workplace. The poster...more