Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires that employers verify the identity and work authorization of their employees via Form I-9, the Employment Eligibility Verification Form. Noncompliant employers may be subject to monetary fines, criminal penalties, and debarment from government contracts. […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan Employers must retain Forms I-9 for all current employees hired after November 6, 1986. Once an individual’s employment ends, the employer must retain Form I-9 for either three (3) years after the date of hire or one (1) year after the date employment […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan “E-Verify” is the federal government’s Internet-based system that allows employers to electronically verify the employment authorization of new hires. More than 500,000 employers of all sizes use the E-Verify system, with about 1,400 new companies joining each week. Approximately 200 employers use E-Verify […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan Self Check is a free online service offered by the federal government that enables workers over the age of sixteen (16) to check their own employment eligibility status. Self Check runs a worker’s biographical information against the same Social Security Administration and Department […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan Employers have the obligation to obey immigration law by hiring only work-authorized individuals. Additionally, employers cannot violate anti-discrimination laws when hiring or firing work-authorized employees. Specifically, state and federal laws prohibit employers from engaging in the following acts: • Hiring or firing work-authorized […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
Content Editor: Maryjo F. Pirages Reynolds Original Author Credit: Stephanie A. Grattan 1. An employer cannot refuse to hire workers who sound or appear foreign. TRUE. All U.S. citizens and employment-authorized individuals are protected from discrimination based on national origin. National origin discrimination occurs when an employer treats an employee differently in connection with hiring, […]
Maryjo Pirages Reynolds March 30th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor, Immigration
By: Alexander J. Mezny Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) protects the rights of nonunionized as well as union employees who are not supervisors to engage in concerted and other protected activities, including discussion of wages and terms and conditions of employment with others. 29 U.S.C. § 157. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) […]
Alexander Mezny March 24th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor
By: Alexander J. Mezny On January 20, 2016, the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued an Administrator Interpretation departing from the traditional joint employment tests with the express intent to ensure that “the scope of employment relationships and joint employment under the FLSA … is as broad as possible.” The DOL seeks to address the increasing […]
Alexander Mezny March 24th, 2016
Posted In: Employment & Labor