Labor & Employment Law Update

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued guidance to employers who seek to use algorithmic artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools in recruitment.  While these tools may come with time-saving perks, the EEOC answers employers’ questions about how the use of AI could lead to employment discrimination under Title VII. […]

A few weeks ago, in late February 2023, we cautioned employers about a game changing National Labor Relations Board decision severely restricting confidentiality and disparagement clauses in severance agreements.[1] Yesterday, March 22, 2023, the NLRB’s top lawyer published additional guidance on this subject.[2]  General Counsel Abruzzo has now declared: The […]

Employees in 2023 enjoy a target rich environment for challenging their terminations.  Civil rights challenges alleging race, religion, gender and sexual orientation discrimination (among others) are common.  Employees can also assert discrimination based on age, or medical condition, or failure to accommodate.  They can allege retaliation based on FMLA usage, […]

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 […]