On June 22, 2020, President Trump suspended the immigration of skilled workers receiving H-1B, H-2B, L-1, J-1, and dependent visas for family members. President Trump indicated that he issued this proclamation to protect American jobs during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and an expected subsequent period of substantial unemployment. This proclamation will make it more difficult
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Compliance News Flash
By Montserrat Miller on
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza! Whatever you celebrate I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.
This week’s edition of the Compliance News Flash features information about:
- The California Consumer Privacy Act.
- Increase in H1B denials and requests for more information by USCIS.
- Standard contractual clauses and data transfers.
- Discrimination claims related to the
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Department of Labor’s Investigation of Temporary Foreign Workers (H-1B) and Back Wages
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Posted in Department of Labor
These days it’s not enough to simply properly complete the form I-9 for all your employees, but you also need to focus on the employment of your temporary foreign workers. Recently, SVK Systems, Inc., an Alabama company, agreed to pay nearly $258,000 in back wages to 21 H-1B temporary foreign workers hired for IT around…
FDNS Site Visits
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Posted in FDNS
On May 25th I wrote about the Fraud Detection and National Secuirty’s (FDNS) on-site visits by government officials at one’s place of business. This week I attended the American Council on International Personnel’s (ACIP) hill briefing on Why a New World Needs New Policies: Why America Will Lose its Competitive Edge Without Employment-Based…
What is FDNS and Why Does it Matter to My Company?
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Posted in FDNS
Are you an employer that hires H-1B employees? If so, read on. If not, class dismissed.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) created the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) (scary government name) to investigate those receiving an immigration benefit — like an H-1B visa — to confirm that they are in fact doing…