Countdown to Elections. The presidential debate this week between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump kicked off the sprint to the 2024 elections, which will be held fifty-three days from now. Ahead of the debate, and in…

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• The October 2024 Visa Bulletin shows progression across the majority of employment-based categories on the dates for filing chart, while the final action dates chart sees modest to no movement.
• Contrastingly, the final action date and filing date

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• Numerical visa limits have been reached for EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EW, EB-4, and EB-5 unreserved categories for FY 2024, which ends on September 30, 2024.
• No further immigrant visas or green cards will be issued for these visa

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• The First Amendment generally applies to governmental actors, but private employers still must comply with the NLRA, which protects employees’ right to engage in concerted activity related to their working conditions.
• Several states, including California, Connecticut, Colorado, and

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• In answering a question certified from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that under Massachusetts law, certain business-to-business relationships in which franchisees have chosen to operate their independent businesses

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• The Fifth Circuit upheld the authority of the DOL to include a salary basis in the test in defining the white collar overtime exemptions.
• The ruling is a win for the DOL, which is currently defending its latest

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• Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have voiced differing approaches toward the economy and organized labor during their campaigns.
• Employers can expect federal laws and regulations to shift based on this year’s election results.
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