The Visa Bulletin for March 2025 shows continued forward movement in the priority dates for most EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
Archives for February 14, 2025
When Your Job Breaks Your Heart
Professional heartbreak is the loss of something work-related that feels as personally wounding as grief or heartbreak in your personal life. It might involve the death of a dream, like owning your business. Sometimes it’s when your identity seems to escape you through a layoff or a job loss. And sometimes it happens when you don’t get something that you really, really want. This interview with author and podcast host Morra Aarons-Mele delves into why a professional heartbreak can be so devastating, offering stories of people who have gone through them and suggestions for those who may be experiencing one now.
This common tactic people use to get ahead at work is backfiring as coworkers call it ‘creepy’
Clients and workers complain about name repetition being disingenuous, manipulative, and “icky.” Others contend there’s truth in the tactic.
Gen Z is rejecting Boomer work rules in 5 key ways that will help them win at work
Young workers are ‘cheating’ at work, setting work-life boundaries, and prioritizing their mental health.
Here’s How Remote Relationships Can Be Even Stronger Than In-Person Ones, According to a Communications Expert
A few small tweaks can mean much stronger relationships with remote employees or customers, says Ping author Andrew Brodsky
FMLA Leave Rights Are Available for Some Sibling Relationships
An employee can take Family and Medical Leave Act time off in order to care for an adult sibling when the employee assumes obligations of a parental nature.
This is how you foolproof your performance review
These are the steps you can take to foolproof your performance review and ensure that the practice serves its intended purpose.
5 reasons your boss is holding you back
If you are doing great work but not getting promoted, it may be because your boss is purposely holding you back. Here are five ways they do it.
How to Talk About a Chronic Illness at Work
Opening up can unlock much-needed support, but it also comes with risks.
Your Boss Doesn’t Hate That You’re Dating a Co-Worker—Survey Says So!
Explore SHRM’s 2025 research on workplace romance trends. Learn how behaviors and attitudes are shifting, as well as how companies communicate policies.
Ohio Now Requires Employers to Provide Detailed Pay Statements
Ohio’s Pay Stub Protection Act, effective April 9, requires employers in the state to provide detailed written or electronic pay statements to their employees.
California Releases Pay Data Reporting Guide for Filers
California’s updated pay data guidance adds a new race/ethnicity category for 2024 reports — “Middle Eastern or North African.” The reports are due May 14.
Illinois Phases Out Subminimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities
Illinois has mandated that subminimum wage authorizations that are otherwise authorized under federal law be phased out until they are completely eliminated.
U.S. Visa Dropbox Eligibility Reverts to Pre-COVID Standard, More Applicants Will Need In-Person Interviews
The U.S. Department of State has unexpectedly updated Consular websites with revised eligibility requirements for Visa Interview Waiver (“dropbox”) appointments.
Effective immediately, dropbox eligibility is limited to applicants renewing a visa in the same nonimmigrant classification that expired within the past 12 months. While no official government announcement has been
Pam Bondi’s Memo to DOJ on DEI: What it Means for Private Employers
On February 5, 2025, newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo to all U.S. Department of Justice Departments targeting private employers’ use of DEI initiatives.