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Posted on Dec 15, 2020 on Featured, Immigration Related Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
On November 18, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension until December 31, 2020 of the policy allowing remote or virtual verification of the documentation required for a Form I-9 when a workforce …
Posted on Feb 26, 2020 on Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates, Uncategorized by Bruce E. Buchanan
Three owners of KSO MetalFab Inc. (“KSO MetalFab”), an Illinois sheet metal fabrication company, were arrested on charges they used an employment agency, Metro Staff Inc. (“Metro Staff”), that was “knowingly engaging in a pattern …
Posted on Sep 24, 2019 on Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates by Bruce E. Buchanan
As expected, on August 27, 2019, the USCIS announced employers should continue using the current I-9 form with the expiration date of August 31, 2019 even after that date has passed. The USCIS said employers …
Posted on Jul 31, 2019 on Immigration Related Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
Dunkin’ (which recently changed its name from Dunkin’ Donuts) has sued several franchisees with nine locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania in federal court, seeking to stop them from running their Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants after their …
Posted on Jul 1, 2019 on Immigration Related Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
While so much of the immigration news is focusing on whether President Trump will order Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to roundup individuals and families to enforce outstanding deportation orders, ICE, through its Homeland Security …
Posted on Apr 25, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates, National Origin, News, Race / Color, Retaliation by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
The Social Security Administration (“SSA” or the “Agency”) has officially resumed issuing Employer Correction Requests, commonly known as social security number “no-match” letters. These letters, which alert employers of mismatches between submitted W-2 form information …
Posted on Mar 4, 2019 on Immigration Related Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are continuing with the latest being a grocery store in San Diego, California and a factory in Sanford, North Carolina. In the latest raid or “Judicial Warrant Enforcement Action” …
Posted on Jan 17, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Immigration Related Issues, Race / Color by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
As the workforce becomes more diverse, many employers struggle with how to handle employees who are not native English speakers. For instance, customers may complain they believe the employees are being rude by speaking in …
Posted on Jan 17, 2019 on Immigration Related Issues, Labor Management Issues, Race / Color by Bruce E. Buchanan
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced, in spring 2019, it will resume issuance of Employer Correction Request notices, commonly referred to as “Social Security No-Match Letters” or “No-Match Letters”. These notifications will be going …
Posted on Oct 19, 2018 on Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found, in Ruprecht Co., 366 NLRB No. 179 (Aug. 27, 2018), an employer cannot unilaterally implement E-Verify if its employees are represented by a union; rather, it must give …