U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services leadership announced today that they have abandoned their plan to lay off 13,000 workers or roughly two-thirds of its workforce. USCIS, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, is a fee-funded agency. Ninety-seven percent of its revenue comes from the
Archives for August 25, 2020
New Puerto Rico COVID-19 Order Mandates Health Department Reporting, Sunday Closing
Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez has signed Executive Order 2020-062 (EO) to extend most of the prior COVID-19 pandemic limitations and restrictions, institute important additional restrictions, set a mandatory Sunday lockdown, and require employers to notify the Puerto Rico Department of Health by email of any employee who is suspected of having COVID-19 or who has tested positive to COVID-19. The EO will be in effect from August 22, 2020, to September 11, 2020.
Kathryn Russo and Catherine Cano Discuss EEOC Hiring Obligations Regarding Drug Testing
Kathryn Russo and Catherine Cano discuss the compliance obligations related to drug testing in hiring practices in accordance with standards set by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in “Drug Abuse on the Rise Because of COVID-19,” published by EHS Today.
Jackson Lewis Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that 98 attorneys have been included in the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
79 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America® List
Seventy-nine Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America® list, while fifteen have been highlighted as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective categories.
Appellate Court Grants Uber and Lyft Temporary Relief from Re-Classifying Drivers as Employees
On August 13, 2020, we reported on the San Francisco Superior Court’s granting of a preliminary injunction ordering Uber and Lyft to re-classify their California drivers from independent contractors to employees and to comply with the California Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders.
CDF Sacramento Office Managing Partner Receives Prestigious Accolades for Notable Labor Law Practice
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 24, 2020 – Award-winning California labor and employment defense firm Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP (CDF) proudly congratulates its Sacramento Office Managing Partner Mark S. Spring for recently receiving three distinct honors in recognition of his labor practice in Northern California for the second year in a row. Spring was named one of the 2020 Best Lawyers in America® (for Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment in Sacramento, CA), selected to the 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers® list, listed as a Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine, named a Best of the Bar honoree by the Sacramento Business Journal, and achieved a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating. In addition, Spring was named one of the 2020 Top 25 Lawyers in Sacramento by Super Lawyers and the 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law – Management in Sacramento.
Tennessee’s Latest Guidance on COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine
The Tennessee Department of Health has released guidelines on the length of isolation necessary for those who have contracted COVID-19 (referred to clinically in the guidance as “a Case”) and the length of quarantine for those who share living space with a Case.
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Jones Walker Disaster Prep & Recovery Team Readies for Gulf Coast Storms
As Tropical Storm Marco heads toward the coast of Louisiana, reports indicate Tropical Storm Laura is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before it makes landfall on the Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday.
The very rare event of back-to-back storms is forcing evacuations, and may cause widespread damage,