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Employer Sanctioned for Failing to Issue a Litigation Hold After Notice of EEOC Charge

…former employees of Corinthian, a company that runs for-profit colleges throughout the United States and Canada, sued the company alleging racial discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in violation of Title VII…

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D.C. Circuit Resuscitates Elimination of Companionship and Domestic Service Exemptions for Third-Party Employers

Reading Time: 3 minutes What Happened? The ongoing legal battle over the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Final Rule changing the definitions of “companionship services” and live-in domestic employees again…

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Changes to Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions expected by July 2016

…recently requested comments on whether the tests should be revised. The proposed changes were published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2015, followed by a 60-day comment period, which…

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HB2 and You: A Short Guide for North Carolina Employers

…also known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, mean for private employers in North Carolina when it comes to managing employees? Not as much as you might think….

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS publishes New I-9 Form

Reading Time: < 1 minute On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new I-9 Form. This Form is completed in part by all newly…

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North Carolina Joins States Requiring Employers to Enroll in E-Verify

…2011. E-Verify is a free internet-based system that allows employers to determine employment authorization by checking an employees’ documentation against Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases. Employers…

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Updates On NC and Federal Immigration Law: I-9, E-Verify and Pending NC House Bill 786

Reading Time: 4 minutes New Form I-9 As of May 7, 2012, the old Form I-9 is obsolete and the new form must be down-loaded from www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf?. Use of the…

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I-9 and E-Verify Developments

…list of acceptable documents and their appearance can change, it is important for an employer to have a recently downloaded copy of the Manual on hand to compare the employee’s…

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EB-5 Visas: a Source of Funding for US Businesses but not Without Risk

…investors to open a beer hall and renovate its existing resort facilities. There are two distinct EB-5 routes — the Basic Program and the Regional Center Pilot Program. Both programs…

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E-Verify Update and Improvements

…24 million cases. Of those, 98.81% have been confirmed as employment authorized. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) graphic below provides E-Verify’s latest statistics: The Monitoring and Compliance Branch…