Labor & Employment Law Update

In November 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. While employers were allowed to continue using the current Form I-9 (revision date of 03/08/2013) through January 21, 2017, on January 22, 2017, all employers must use […]

On November 22, 2016, a federal judge blocked the new federal overtime rule that would have made more workers eligible for overtime pay beginning December 1, 2016. U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III of the Eastern District of Texas (an Obama judicial appointee) entered a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking […]

On November 14, 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using the current Form I-9 (revision date of 03/08/2013) through January 21, 2017. However, by January 22, 2017, all employers must use the […]

On October 24, 2016, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the majority of the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the Department of Labor guidance document implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Specifically, the rule requiring federal contractors with high dollar federal contracts […]

Recently, the Office of Management and Budget approved a new, revised Form I-9 to replace the version that expired in March. The US Citizenship and Immigration Service must publish the revised form by November 22, 2016. In the meantime, the USCIS has indicated that employers should continue using the current […]