Carla Stenzel comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to decline hearing a challenge to the Optional Practical Training (OPT) work program for foreign students, ending yearslong litigation and preserving the program for the students and U.S. employers that depend on it in “Lawsuit Against OPT Programs for Foreign Students Expires at Supreme Court,” published by SHRM.
Archives for October 25, 2023
Illinois Labor Disputes Act Amended
Illinois has enacted two amendments to its Labor Disputes Act (820 ILCS 5). The first, HB 2907 (P.A. 103-0040), limits the amount of monetary damages an employer can recover stemming from a labor dispute. The second, HB 3396 (P.A. 103-0045), makes it a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum fine of $500 for anyone to place an object in the public way with the intention of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding a picket or other demonstration or protest.
FordHarrison Recognized by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity as a 2023 Compass Award Winner
FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The Compass Award recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession.
DOS Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot Program Expected in Early 2024
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) sent a Federal Register notice titled, “Pilot Program to Resume Renewal of H-1B Nonimmigrant Visas in the United States for Certain Qualified Noncitizens” to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on October 17, 2023. The program would allow the DOS to issue
Higher Enforcement Activity Expected After DOL-EEOC Partnership Agreement
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have announced they will be collaborating and sharing information to improve their enforcement efforts.
Based upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the agencies are “forming this partnership to encourage greater coordination between them through information sharing, joint investigations,
DHS Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize H-1B Program
On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its current regulations to modernize the H-1B visa program. DHS will accept public comments until December 22, 2023.
Stocking Naloxone in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Consider
It is well known that opioid overdoses have occurred at epidemic levels in the United States for years. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opioid overdose deaths have increased from 21,089 in 2010, to 47,600 in 2017, to more than 80,000 in 2021 and 2022.
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Understanding The Impact Of Global Conflict In The Workplace
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‘Wildly more expensive’: Workers with in-office jobs spend about $31/day that they wouldn’t working from home — here’s what employers need to do
Companies are clamoring for employees to don their button-downs and return to the workplace after isolation measures from the COVID-19 pandemic proved many folks can do their jobs just as well in sweatpants behind their computer screen.
Half of Amazon’s warehouse workers are injured after just 3 years, according to study that revealed far more ‘injury and pain’ than previously known
More than two-thirds of Amazon.com Inc. US warehouse workers surveyed by researchers reported that they took unpaid time off to recover from pain or exhaustion sustained on the job.
The Supreme Court is poised to drop another DEI shoe next year
The Court is likely to jettison any requirement of alleging and proving a higher level of harm for there to be discriminatory action by an employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Shapiro says he and accuser have a ‘responsibility’ to honor an NDA in harassment accusations against top aide
The allegations and the governor’s response to them pose increasing political peril to a rising Democratic star