The US Citizenship & Immigration Services has announced that being tested or treated for COVID-19 will not be considered a negative factor for green card applicants and others subject to the “public charge” analysis,...

New York State significantly expanded whistleblower protections for private sector employees alleging retaliation under New York Labor Law Section 740 (“Section 740”), effective January 26, 2022. These amendments expand...

The New York City Council enacted a law requiring New York City employers with four or more employees to post anticipated minimum and maximum salary ranges for job postings for jobs in New York City.  The law takes effect...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the registration period for this year’s H-1B visa lottery will open on March 1 and run through March 18. Like the last two years, employers must create...

The Biden Administration has announced that it will end the travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that were put in place in November. Effective December 31, non-US citizens traveling from South Africa,...

In a welcome development the State Department announced on Saturday that consulates are now authorized to waive in-person interviews for certain non-immigrant visa applicants whose employment-based petitions have been...

The New York City Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued an order requiring all on-site workers of private New York City employers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. By December 27, 2021, such workers must...

We are pleased to announce that Michele Coyne is a speaker at the upcoming NYU Labor Center Webinar Series Event “The Developing Law of the Post-Pandemic Workplace: Considerations for the Hybrid and Remote Workplace”...

Effective immediately, all travelers two years of age or older who are flying into the United States will need to present a negative Covid test (or documentation of recent recovery from Covid) taken no more than 1...

After the new Omicron variant was detected in South Africa and other countries last week, President Biden announced that the US will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini,...