Labor & Employment Law Update

On the same day they began issuing the new cards, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced new designs for the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a “Green Card”) and Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”), beginning with any card issued on January 30, 2023. The USCIS website should be […]

Over the last weekend of January 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that the 2023 H-1B cap season opens at noon EST on March 1st and ends at noon EST on March 17th. It is only during this period of time, that registrations for the H-1B lottery can […]

On December 30, 2022, in a 7-4 opinion the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a school district’s policy banning transgender students from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, creating a circuit split. In Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida, the Eleventh Circuit issued a […]

The 2023 H-1B cap season should be starting in just over a month and will be interesting to watch after the rollercoaster of record unemployment, the great resignation, and ongoing concerns about economic conditions that have been the norm for the last year or so.  It is anticipated that pent-up […]

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act”) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”).  Employers should familiarize themselves with the new legal obligations under these two acts and revise their policies and procedures accordingly. […]