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How might the Biden Administration impact immigration policy?

Image Credit: Photofunia.com Immigration and employment law often go hand in hand. Whether you operate a business or support it in a legal/management/human resources role, I can say with confidence that you’ve dealt with your fair share of immigration-compliance issues, especially over the last four years. If immigration were more…

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My 2 cents on President-Elect Trump’s impact on HR-compliance in 2017. (Literally, worth 2 cents)

I’ll open this post with a haiku. Because, I feel like we could all use a haiku. President-Elect For HR, what will he do? Not a stinkin’ clue! …and any employment-law wonk who tells you otherwise, well, we saw how the pundits fared predicting the outcome of the presidential election.…

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Huge $5M EEOC settlement spotlights an enforcement priority that you may be overlooking

In late December of 2012, the EEOC approved its Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013-2016. Sadly, one of the agency’s enforcement priorities has been ignored on this blog. Until now. Protecting Immigrant, Migrant and Other Vulnerable Workers. There are six EEOC enforcement priorities. While there is no hierarchy among the six,…

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GUEST POST: Six Tips for Employers Filing for an H-1B Visa

Notwithstanding the lopsided outcome in last night’s game — I’m not saying that the game was over early, but, at halftime, the NFL began preparing their shipments of “Denver Broncos: Super Bowl 48 Champs” apparel to third-world countries — I’m bailing on writing a post. So, today we have a guest blog post…

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GUEST POST: What HR needs to know about how immigration law impacts firing decisions

Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Emily Neumann. Emily has practiced immigration law in Texas since 2005, representing both employers and immigrants. Neumann writes a blog on immigration law (immigrationgirl.com) and shares updates on Twitter (@immigrationgirl) and her Facebook page to help her clients stay…

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GUEST POST: 3 ways to avoid Macy’s recent immigration workplace problems

Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s my colleague, Kristen Repyneck. Kristen is an associate at Dilworth Paxson LLP where she represents clients seeking non-immigrant and immigrant visas through family, employment, and investment, including investment in USCIS certified regional centers under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program.…