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On July 6, 2020, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that F-1 and M-1 international students must attend classes in person beginning this fall, or else depart from the United States. Specifically, ICE is...
Jul 02, 2020
Immigration Law
Administration Releases Conflicting Information on Scope of New Immigration Ban
Less than a week after issuing an immigration ban restricting entry into the United States of certain H-1B, H-2B, J, and L nonimmigrants, the Trump administration amended the order to further limit the entry of foreign...
Jul 02, 2020
COVID-19 Guidance
New York Employees Who Voluntarily Travel to High Risk States Ineligible for COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
On June 26, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.45 which, among other things, provides that an employee who voluntarily travels to a state with a high positive COVID-19 test rate (defined as a rate higher...
Jun 26, 2020
General Employment Issues
To the Victor Goes the Spoils: How the 2020 Presidential Election Could Reshape Labor and Employment Law
If President Trump loses the 2020 presidential election to former Vice President Joe Biden, employers should expect labor and employment law to dramatically shift in favor of employees. Read more...
Jun 25, 2020
Immigration Law
Canadians and Individuals with Valid Visas Not Subject to New Immigration Ban
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has confirmed with Customs & Border Protection headquarters in Washington that Canadians are exempt from the executive order issued on June 22, 2020, which restricts...
Jun 24, 2020
COVID-19 Guidance
Return to the Workplace Part 3: Reasonable Accommodations and Leaves of Absence
Update The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its publication, titled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,” to provide further guidance to...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published “Guidance on Returning to Work” (Guidance). OSHA states that this “creates no new legal obligations” and is “advisory in nature.” The...
The EEOC recently updated its technical guidance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” to confirm (as previously reported here) that employers cannot...
Jun 22, 2020
Immigration Law
New Executive Order Restricts Certain Working Visas Through End of Year
Proclaiming to protect the US labor market, on Monday, June 22, 2020, President Trump signed a new executive order restricting entry into the United States of most H-1B (specialty occupation professional), H-2B...
Jun 10, 2020
Immigration Law
Presidential Proclamation Restricting Immigration Rumored to be Imminent
Immigration policy experts expect that a new Presidential Proclamation, aimed at further restricting the entry of nonimmigrants into the United States, will be issued imminently. Although we do not yet have the precise...