The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts more than just the tax brackets: eligible employers can claim a general business credit equal to a percentage of wages paid to qualifying employees on family and medical leave. To receive the credit, employers must provide at least two weeks of leave and […]
Labor & Employment Law Update
Have You Been Using E-Verify for More than 10 Years?
On January 1, 2016, the E-Verify Program began annually deleting transaction records that are more than 10 years old from the system at the end of the calendar year. For 2017, this means that employers will no longer have access through the system to any cases created prior to December […]
ADA Does Not Require Extended Leave – Says 7th Circuit
In an aggressive effort by the EEOC, multiple employers have settled cases where the EEOC has alleged that the ADA requires extended, long term leave as a form of accommodation under the ADA. Some of these class action claims have settled in the tens of millions of dollars. As the […]
Attention, Health Care Institutions: Get Your Affirmative Action Plan in Place ASAP!
As we jump into 2018, health care institutions who receive TRICARE dollars should assess whether those TRICARE dollars are high enough to require them to prepare Affirmative Action Plans (“AAPs”). If they do, they must get their AAPs in place beginning this year, so that they have the requisite information […]
2018 H-1B Cap Opens April 2, 2018 – Identifying Affected Employees Starts Now
For H-1B nonimmigrant visas subject to the cap, April 2, 2018, is the first day on which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will accept H-1B cap-subject petitions for foreign national professionals in specialty occupations. As April 1, 2018 is a Sunday, the first day of filing will be […]