President Trump announced last week that he would rescind the Obama-era program that protects 800,000 younger undocumented immigrants from deportation. During his presidential campaign, President Trump said that he would “immediately terminate” the Deferred Action for...
A federal judge in Texas recently struck down the controversial Obama-era overtime rule that would have more than doubled the minimum salary level required to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from eligibility for overtime. Previously, a...
On July 19, 2017, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary rule authorizing an increase of up to an additional 15,000 H-2B workers through the end of Fiscal Year 2017. Because all non-agricultural seasonal...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated Form I-9 last week to help employers verify the identity of new hires and ensure they are authorized to work in the United States. Employers are required to use the new form by no later...
The House Appropriations Committee has recommended allotting $500,000 to a key floral industry research fund — doubling the amount that Society of American Florists members lobbied for during Congressional Action Days. Members of the Committee wrote that their...
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