M&A Transactional lawyers have to cover a lot of ground in their deals: employment, tax, commercial real estate, intellectual property, and...
MoreForm I-9 Verification Process Update
E-Verify: Employee Re-verification – At present, employers are unable to re-verify an existing employee’s work authorization in...
MoreHuman Resources’ Conundrum – Reconciling New Immigration Legal Status Conferred by President Obama with I-9 Recordkeeping Realities
An estimated 4.4 million undocumented individuals will benefit from President Obama’s expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood...
MoreSag Harbor 7-Eleven Owners Plead Guilty to Federal Charges
According to court records, the former operators of Sag Harbor’s 7-Eleven who also controlled 14 7-Elevens stores in Long Island and...
MoreDOJ Issues Guidance on Citizenship/Immigration Status And National Origin Discrimination in Employment
The Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) is responsible for enforcing...
MoreNew York Restaurant begins 2014 with a Large Form I-9 Penalty
(OCAHO) issued its first decision in 2014 -U.S. v. Two for Seven LLC d/b/a Black & Blue Restaurant, which tells the story of a small New York...
MoreColorado Affirmation Form Must be Used on October 1, 2014
Do you hire employees in Colorado (either now or in the foreseeable future)? The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has released a...
MoreCompany Seeks New Workers After Over 100 Linked to Fake IDs
The owners of “Incredible Fresh” are looking for new employees, after more than 100 workers were accused of providing fake...
MoreNew E-Verify Feature
E-Verify will now notify you when a case you enter has the same Social Security number as another case entered in the last 30 days. This will...
MoreSHRM Employment Verification Survey Reviews Form I-9 and E-Verify
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has released the SHRM Employment Verification Survey to capture information on the challenges...
MoreA Reminder that E-Verify Participation Does Not Offer Blanket Protection to Employers
E-Verify offers a tool to assist employers in verifying employment/immigration status for prospective employees, but it should not be mistaken for...
MoreDepartment of Justice Settlements a Good Reminder of Employer Obligations under Employment Verification Laws
Employers work hard to make sure they comply with federal immigration law, but they must remember not to take their efforts too far. Employers...
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