The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has just announced that it has finally begun 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. By December 5, 2023, private sector employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors with 50 or more employees must submit ...
Potential Amendment to H-1B Regulations: 60-Day Comment Period After USCIS Publishes a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states the goal of proposed rulemaking is to, “modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add ...
Please Mark Your Calendar and Join Us On Wednesday, October 18, for an Online Presentation Sponsored by NJBIA: What Employers Should Know About the Updated Form I-9.
Neil Dornbaum and Kathleen Peregoy, the Co-Chairs of the Immigration and Practice Mobility Practice Group at ...
On August 8, 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:1A-1.16, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) implemented a new tool intended to hold employers accountable for “failing to satisfy their outstanding liabilities to the State for violations of State wage ...
E-Verify Employers May Use Alternative Procedure for Form I-9 Documents Examined Remotely During COVID-19 Temporary Flexibilities
In May 2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that employers had until August 30, 2023, to physically inspect all Form I-9 ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has a bill on her desk awaiting signature that would generally make non-compete agreements for employees not enforceable in New York. The legislation enhances the importance of confidentiality agreements.
In June, the New York state legislature passed a ...
New Jersey real estate owners interested in improving their property’s energy or water efficiency, take note: Now is your chance to submit feedback on an aspect of New Jersey’s version of the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program, a tool designed to help finance ...
Town halls are being held throughout Queens, New York, for co-op owners concerned that their maintenance fees will spike as a result of their buildings’ efforts to meet the requirements of a law that sets greenhouse gas emission limits on buildings 25,000 feet or larger.
New York City’s ...
This summer, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“BPU” or the “Board”) has been issuing notices to owners/operators of commercial buildings over 25,000 square feet in floor space. The notices announce a new obligation for the owners/operators to report their buildings’ ...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will soon conduct a second H-1B lottery for Fiscal Year 2024 cap-subject H-1B applicants. The lottery will draw from the remaining pool of applicants who submitted an online H-1B registration in March 2023 ...