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H-1B visa season opens on April 1 employers, are you ready?

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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February 21 2013

The 2014 H-1B season will open on Monday, April 1, 2013 to an anticipated rise from recent years in the number of H-1B filings. All companies who wish

Happy new year! Is your company required by state law to use E-Verify?

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

Several immigration-related bills passed in state legislatures last year, and one key provision was a mandate on employers to enroll in and use the E-Verify program

Supreme court revisits the Arizona immigration law

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

On December 12th, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to an appeal of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling upholding a federal judge's decision that halted enforcement of several provisions of Arizona's S.B. 1070 immigration bill, specifically those relating to the state’s policing powers

Department of Homeland Security extends TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

Homeland Security has extended Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for certain nationals from Honduras and Nicaragua for an additional 18 months, through 2013

ICE announces several major employers have signed up for IMAGE

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

Several major employers, including Best Western International, Chick-Fil-A, Inc., Hyatt, Kelly Services, Lexmark, Smoothie King and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America have agreed to partner with ICE by joining its employment compliance program called IMAGE (“ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers”

Justice Department files lawsuit alleging immigration-related employment discrimination by the University of California, San Diego Medical Center

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced the filing of a lawsuit against the University of California, San Diego Medical Center (“Center”), alleging that the Center discriminated in the employment eligibility verification process against individuals who are authorized to work

ICE worksite enforcement priorities in 2012

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) worksite enforcement priorities remain to target egregious employers and focus their efforts in critical infrastructure sectors

Alabama immigration bill H.B. 56 update

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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October 24 2011

On October 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta seeking a temporary injunction prohibiting Alabama’s immigration law (H.B. 56) from going into effect

USCIS handbook release

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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October 24 2011

On September 16th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the release of a print version of its “Handbook for Employers: Instructions for Completing Form I-9.”

Employer held liable for H-1B worker’s termination despite the fact that the employee never worked in H-1B status for the company

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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USA
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October 24 2011

On June 30, 2011, Department of Labor (DOL) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) William Dorsey, in the matter of Limanseto v. Ganze and Company, OALJ Case No. 2011-LCA-00005, held that employer Ganze was obligated to pay $156,424.84 in back wages and $1,500 in legal fees to an H-1B nonimmigrant employee whom the company had terminated three years earlier