United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released data showing the total number of annual H-1B lottery registrations received for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2022. Under the electronic registration process, now in its second year of operation, petitioning employers were already aware of the annual quota (“cap”) being
Archives for June 25, 2021
Overlooking Minor Misconduct Prevents a Safe and Happy Workplace
No workplace is perfect because no human is perfect. Mistakes happen, and some employees will deliberately misbehave if they know there are no consequences. And sometimes, misconduct gets overlooked.
The #MeToo movement made employees pay attention to sexual harassment in a way they hadn’t before. But, of course, awareness has
DOL Tells Court It Will Not Defend Proposed Prevailing Wage Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has informed a federal court in California that it did not wish to defend the proposed prevailing wage rule, which would impose steep wage hikes, “at the same time that is internally evaluating the propriety of that Rule” in the challenge to stop the agency
Connecticut Enacts Law Providing Employees Unpaid Time Off to Vote
Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law a requirement for employers to provide all employees with two hours unpaid time off to vote. Employers may have missed this development, as it was just one small section within the state’s 800-page budget. The key provisions are:
Eligibility for leave: any employee
New Georgia Decision Clarifies Scope of Computer Trespass Statute
Just as the United States Supreme Court recently limited the reach of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) in Van Buren v. United States, the Georgia Supreme Court has now reined in the Georgia state law counterpart to the CFAA.
The Hits Keep Coming: NCAA Loses Another Name, Image, and Likeness Court Decision
The NCAA has lost an additional federal court battle on name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation for student-athletes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision confirming the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the NCAA’s limitation on education-related benefits for student-athletes violates federal antitrust laws.
In its latest legal
Total Recall? Key Takeaways on the Nevada Hospitality and Travel Workers Right to Return Act
The Governor of Nevada recently signed into law Senate Bill 386, which is Nevada’s version of the trending “return to work” or “right to recall” laws being passed in other jurisdictions throughout the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These laws typically require that employees who were laid off
NLRB Regional Director Expands Unit by Thousands of Voters, But ‘Micro Units’ Held at Bay, For Now
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dismissed a union’s push to organize a micro unit of 87 employees at a Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee based on the traditional community-of-interest standards for determining whether a unit is appropriate. Nissan North America, Inc., 10-RC-273024 (June 11, 2021).
The International Association of
9th Circuit Revives Lawsuit Challenging One of the Board of Directors Diversity Statutes
All the way back in 2018, California passed Senate Bill 826 requiring publicly-held corporations with principal executive offices in California to have a certain number of females on their board of directors. Similarly, in 2020, Assembly Bill 979 was passed which required publicly held corporations headquartered in California to diversify
How Wellness Enhances Your Emotional Intelligence
What if you could be a better manager and leader just by taking care of yourself? Certified Health Coach and Yoga Teacher Ophelie Cabanero feels that wellness should be a focus of everyone–but especially leaders. Leaders have more responsibilities and people depend on them, and so they need to be at