On November 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it secured a landmark $25 million agreement with Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) to resolve allegations of discriminatory hiring and recruitment processes...more
11/27/2023
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Apple ,
Back Pay ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
PERM ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Settlement Agreements ,
USCIS ,
Wages ,
Working Conditions
On May 3, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule that temporarily increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents...more
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States”interim final rule, amending the existing...more
12/1/2020
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E-3 ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
H-1B1 ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
New Regulations ,
PERM ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Specialty Occupations
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation extending the duration of the bar on immigrant visas through December 31, 2020 and creating a new temporary suspension of entry for foreign nationals...more
6/24/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
H-2B ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration ,
J-1 Visas ,
L-1 Visas ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Visas
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more
The Administrative Appeals Office of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, otherwise known as the AAO, recently reversed a finding by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) that had denied approval of an L-1B...more