USCIS Market Research Settlement Lowers the Bar for H-1B Visas A recent case settled in a federal district court has ruled against the USCIS and its strict and seemingly arbitrary classification of a market research analyst as failing to be a “specialty...

U.S. Updates Travel Requirements The United States has recently changed its travel restrictions and is no longer placing restrictions on entry due to geography. This is great news for many employers looking to return to hiring foreign workers and...

Visa Programs that Can Help Employers with Labor Shortages American employers are facing possibly the greatest labor crisis of our time, with more job openings than there are willing and able workers to fill them. Many employers cite this shortage...

USCIS Releases New Guidance Concerning Employment Authorization for Spouses of H-1B and L-1 Workers The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (USCIS) has released new guidance for spouses of skilled workers to ease the process...

Three Recent Settlements Show the Importance of Compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act Recently, three separate lawsuits regarding discrimination have been settled by the U.S. Department of Justice (D.O.J.) as well as the Department...

Federal Court in Minnesota Finds that California Labor Code Section 925 Renders Choice of Law Provision Unenforceable The California Labor Code has proven to be a powerful tool for exiting employees seeking to escape from non-compete covenants....

What to Do in Case of Lost Form I-9 Documents It has happened to many employers. A worker walks in and presents a receipt for a missing or damaged document and asks for time to get a new document from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....