By: Camille A. Olson, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Dawn M. Lurie
This alert was first published as an update on November 24.
Employers that include foreign talent as part of their workforces, particularly programs like the H-1B non-immigrant visa program, should pay close attention to recent enforcement information
Continue Reading EEOC and DOJ Intensify Focus on Ensuring Non Discrimination Against Americans Based on their National Origin
In recent months, we have seen a rise in charges filed with the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) and announcements from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) depicting a focus on what is often characterized as “anti-American hiring bias.” This evolving focus understandably raises
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Continue Reading Webinar: Compliance Chatter Virtual Meetings, January Session
On November 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Great Dane LLC (Great Dane), a trailer manufacturing company, over allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against non-U.S. citizens. The DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) alleged that Great Dane’s Wayne, Nebraska plant committed a pattern
Continue Reading The Cost of Non-Compliance: Insights from IERs Settlement Agreement with Great Dane LLC
By Angelo A. Paparelli and Tieranny L. Cutler
At the urging of President Biden, two members of Congress – Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Linda Sanchez – introduced companion 353-page bills last month in the Senate and the House entitled the “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.”
Presented as a comprehensive modernization of our nation’s long outdated immigration laws, this proposed legislation – uniformly lauded by Democrats and opposed by Republicans – features many provisions that U.S. employers may welcome, including, as this White House Fact Sheet details, a path to legal status, employment authorization, and eventually, American citizenship, for some 11 million undocumented noncitizens; relief for Dreamers, persons in Temporary Protected Status, and immigrant farmworkers; and improvements to the legal, employment-based immigration system.
Continue Reading Beware the Employer Risks Nesting in President Biden’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill