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Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent a message dated February 14, 2020 (but released in advance) to advise employers on how to prepare for its site visits to assure compliance with the STEM optional practical training (OPT) program. Unless...By: Davis Brown Law Firm

Congress recently passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), the largest package of retirement plan reforms in more than ten years. This sweeping federal legislation aimed at the private...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

Our February 2020 update outlines key UK employment law developments from January. It includes cases on ethical veganism as a philosophical belief, equal pay and the difficulties in defending such claims, the impact of the drafting of the employment...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Fencing Company's Mistreatment of Black Employee, Including Racial Slurs and Noose Display, Forced Him to Quit, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - A Melrose Park, Ill., fencing company will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Many still recall the SARS outbreak, which caused a slowdown in the economy and a plunge in the stock market, properties market and capital markets deal flow during that period. Years later, people would look back and regret not seizing the buying...By: Dentons

In Sunday’s Oscars acceptance speech for the animated short film “Hair Love,” in which an African-American father learns to do his daughter’s hair for the first time, former NFL player and director Matthew A. Cherry remarked that he was motivated by...By: Newmeyer Dillion

This overview provides multinational employers practical advice to develop their coronavirus response strategy on an international level and to ensure a safe working environment for their employees under local employment and labor laws of Germany,...By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

On January 13, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued final regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) (the “Regulations”2). The Regulations go into effect on...By: Hanson Bridgett LLP

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published interim guidance for businesses and employers regarding coronavirus. The CDC notes that "this interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the epidemiology of 2019-nCoV...By: Arent Fox

In 2019, the New York State Legislature made substantial changes to workplace laws. It seems likely that this trend will continue. Let’s take a first look at some proposed employment legislation still pending for possible adoption in 2020....By: Horton Law PLLC