E-Verify, the internet-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States has finally succeeded in restoring the ability for employers, employer agents and corporate administrators to upload multiple hiring sites simultaneously. This restored feature should increase efficiencies for companies with multiple hiring sites by providing…
Read More »The changes just keep coming at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and not in a good way for many employers. By a 3-2 vote on Tuesday of this week, the Board broadened its make-whole remedy for unfair labor practices by including a requirement that employers must compensate victimized workers for “all direct or foreseeable…
Read More »Just before Thanksgiving, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it was releasing an additional $83 million in unused Restaurant Revitalization funds, some 18 months after the program officially closed. The monies have been earmarked for 169 restaurant operators in the order that their applications were received back when the program was operable. The US…
Read More »Although democrat appointees have been in the majority on the National Labor relations Board (NLRB) for the past 14+ months, their hold on the regulatory agency will tighten in two weeks when the term of republican-appointed member John Ring expires. The expiration of his term will leave Board member Marvin Kaplan, whose term runs through…
Read More »In a letter sent two weeks ago to Lina Kahn, the Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) urged that the agency consider the many comments submitted by franchisees during the public comment period and to await the conclusion of an ongoing review by the General Accountability Office (GAO).…
Read More »At long last, it appears the final votes have all been counted and notwithstanding many predictions of a major ‘red wave’ coming in the 2022 midterms, the results were anything but. Despite the history of midterm elections always costing the party occupying the White House, democrats held on to the majority in the Senate and…
Read More »The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has developed and recently released its draft Strategic Plan for 2022 – 2026 and has asked for public comment. The plan, a blueprint of its proposed enforcement plan for the upcoming years, focuses on strategic objectives for the agency accompanied by targeted goals and performance measures. It underscores…
Read More »E-Verify has again sent us the agency webinar schedule to assist employers with understanding and completing the I-9 form and its requirements. The remaining November schedule of E-Verify webinars can be viewed here. In addition, they’ve also sent a reminder that an E-Verify user’s access must be promptly terminated upon separation from an organization. The…
Read More »In a Halloween release of her latest memo, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced her intention to limit employers in their ability to rely upon commonly used electronic monitoring and management technologies to monitor employee misconduct and performance issues. In Memorandum GC 23-02, Abruzzo describes various technologies that are increasingly used to monitor and manage…
Read More »A few weeks ago, we advised that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) at the Department of Labor had proposed a new rule regarding the standards by which a work is classified as an independent contractor rather than an employee. At that time, interested parties were given a 45-day window – until November 28 –…
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