Benjamin Nucci on Employer Liability Issues

Form I-9 Remote Verification Open to E-Verify Employers

Effective August 1, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will grant certain employers the ability to remotely inspect work authorization documents for the Form I-9. USCIS made the announcement as it gets ready to...more

7/24/2023 / E-Verify , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Eligibility Verification , Foreign Workers , Form I-9 , Hiring & Firing , USCIS

New Version of Form I-9

Friday, January 31st, 2020, USCIS announced a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification in its published Federal Register notice. The new form’s “version date” is 10/21/2019 and is located in the lower...more

2/3/2020 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Eligibility Verification , Foreign Workers , Form I-9 , Hiring & Firing , Immigrants , Required Forms , USCIS

New Mexico Employment Law 2019 Review

It’s been a busy year for New Mexico legislators. On January 1, 2019, Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham became New Mexico’s 32nd governor, replacing Republican Governor Susana Martinez. Gov. Grisham campaigned on a platform...more

12/31/2019 / Caregivers , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Mandates , Medical Marijuana , Minimum Wage , New Legislation , Paid Family Leave Law , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

AZ Minimum Wage Increase – January 1, 2020

Arizona’s minimum wage is set to increase to $12.00 on January 1, 2020. The $1.00 increase is the largest jump under the schedule listed in A.R.S. § 23-363 pursuant to Proposition 206. On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters...more

11/21/2019 / Employer Liability Issues , Minimum Wage , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Does Your Employee Handbook Have a Lactation Accommodation Policy?

Many employers are familiar with break and meal period requirements applicable to their organization under state and federal law. Often overlooked, however, is an employer’s responsibilities toward nursing mothers. This...more

2/12/2019 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Employee Handbooks , Employer Liability Issues , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Lactation Accommodation , Rest and Meal Break , Retaliation , State Labor Laws , Undue Hardship , Wage and Hour

Critical Issues for Employers in the Hiring Process: I-9 Compliance, Disability Inclusion, and Interview Questions

Hiring & Immigration: Form I-9 Compliance - Of the myriad of new hire documents that must be completed, the Form I-9 is one of the most important when it comes to immigration compliance. The Form I-9 is used for...more

1/31/2019 / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Discrimination , Form I-9 , Hiring & Firing , Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , Immigration Procedures , Reasonable Accommodation

#MeToo Era Settlements...$3.5 Million at a Time

Recently, a California company settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) sexual harassment lawsuit by consent decree for $3.5 million. Additionally, and as part of the settlement, the company will hire a...more

8/15/2018 / #MeToo , Civil Rights Act , Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Hiring & Firing , Hostile Environment , Retaliation , Sexual Harassment , Title VII

Federal Preemption of State and Local Paid Sick Leave Laws

Could a single, nationwide paid sick leave law become a reality and cure a multi-jurisdictional employer’s woes? Maybe. One proposal, H.R. 4219 (known as the “Workflex in the 21st Century Act”), was introduced by three...more

8/3/2018 / Employer Liability Issues , Legislative Agendas , Paid Leave , Preemption , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour , Work Schedules

Arizona Legislative Assistance in Correctly Classifying Workersas Independent Contractors

One of the most common and problematic issues confronting employers in every industry today is the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. Such misclassifications are a key enforcement target of both federal...more

1/23/2017 / Employer Liability Issues , Independent Business Status , Independent Contractors , Misclassification , New Legislation , Rebuttable Presumptions , Risk Mitigation , State and Local Government

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