Labor & Employment Law Update

Effective today, May 1, 2020, all employers are required to begin using the newest version of the Form I-9. A copy of the Form, both electronic and printable formats, is located on I-9 Central, which is a part of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service website. Be sure to access […]

As waves of employees across the nation are staying home from work to combat the spread of COVID-19, many are doing so on an unpaid basis.  This week, both Iowa and Nebraska announced unemployment insurance relief for both employees and employers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Generally, to qualify for unemployment […]

On March 11, amid growing concerns surrounding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the IRS published relief for high deductible health plans (HDHP) and health savings accounts (HSA).  The IRS’s relief provides that a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that is otherwise qualified under the Internal Revenue Code will continue to […]

We hope President Trump was correct when he stated last evening during his press conference that a Coronavirus pandemic is “not imminent.”  But after listening to officials from the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) and reading in-between the President’s lines, it certainly sounds as though a Coronavirus pandemic in the […]

The H-1B cap filings registration process opens March 1st and, if you are considering sponsoring an individual for initial H-1B visa status for employment starting October 1, 2020 you should be preparing for the registration process now, as registration for the 2020-2021 lottery closes at noon EST March 20th.  Under the […]