Want to know more about the 2025 H-2A Visa Program? Besides reading the below deep dive, you can register for our September 10 webinar, where we'll discuss the 2025 process, employer obligations and compliance requirements,...more
8/2/2024
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Audits ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Form I-9 ,
H-2A ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Termination ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed Senate Bill 1718, which imposes strict changes on how businesses in Florida can hire and inflicts penalties on individuals who transport immigrants into the state without them being...more
6/8/2023
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Florida ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Noncompliance ,
Penalties ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Visas
Effective July 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will terminate the Form I-9 flexibilities that have been in place since March 2020. Under these flexibilities, DHS exercised its discretion to defer the...more
In welcome news for employers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has once again agreed to extend its exercise of discretion to defer the physical presence requirements associated with Employment Eligibility...more
It’s strikingly apparent that the current global pandemic of COVID-19 is impacting travel and visa/immigration processes worldwide. As of right now, all USCIS processing centers for visa petitions remain open and...more
As the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues a new version of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, employers have the opportunity to revisit and examine their compliance practices. Starting on...more
3/9/2020
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Updated Forms ,
USCIS ,
Verification Requirements
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
11/8/2019
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Records ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Records ,
Immigration Status Discrimination ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Multinationals ,
Screening Procedures ,
Visas
The recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour (WHD) investigation outcome of leading thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown has rocked the racing industry with the assessment of over $1.6 million in back wages and Civil Money...more
6/10/2019
/ Audits ,
Back Wages ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Form I-9 ,
H-2B ,
Horse Racing ,
IRS ,
Job Ads ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misrepresentation ,
Native Language ,
Payroll Deductions ,
Payroll Records ,
Posting Requirements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Travel Expenses ,
Visa Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
Withholding Requirements
Like a blast from 1993, SSA has triumphantly reprised its No-Match Letter initiative (a.k.a. “Employer Correction Request”). When first launched in 1993, the program created widespread confusion, and even panic, among...more
The need for a reliable and legal workforce is of utmost importance to the landscaping industry, as well as other seasonal business. I hear from seasonal employers every day about how difficult it is to find reliable U.S....more
4/8/2019
/ Criminal Penalties ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Migrant Workers ,
Penalties ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Trump Administration ,
Unlawful Hiring Practices