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Temporary Workers
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Nearly 65,000 Additional H-2B Visas Released for Fiscal Year 2025
By By: Marissa E. Cwik, Larkin Dykstra
Quick Hits The additional 64,716 H-2B visas reflect the maximum allocation permitted by the U.S. Congress. Employment data indicates a shortage of temporary workers across the United States in industries…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Canada Increases Minimum Wage by 20 Percent for Temporary Foreign Workers in High-Wage Stream
Quick Hits Starting November 8, 2024, the minimum wage for foreign workers entering Canada through the high-wage stream under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, will increase by 20 percent, in…
All Things Canada
Support for Temporary Employment Agencies: WSIA Changes Ahead
Temporary Employment Agencies (TEAs) should become familiar with a change to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”)[1], which creates a new classification, 001281, added to Class L. Traditionally,…
Who Is My Employee?
Better Than Stealing a Car: Updates to Illinois Temp Worker Law Should Help Businesses Using Temp Labor
A Florida car thief may want to reconsider his career choice. A Miami Beach man walked back to his Corvette after a Starbucks run, only to find a wannabe thief…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Jersey Federal Court Denies Bid to Block Temporary Workers Bill of Rights Law
Quick Hits A federal district court in New Jersey denied a motion to partially enjoin the New Jersey Temporary Workers Bill of Rights, which seeks to equalize pay for temporary…
Law and the Workplace
Federal Court Once Again Upholds Enforcement of New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant
The district court has once again upheld enforcement of the New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights (the “Law”). The decision comes in response to a follow-up challenge by a…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ottawa announces further restrictions for work visas, TFWs
Government cites 'bad actors' using policy to mislead foreign nationals
NY Disability Law Blog
Do Temporary Workers Qualify For Workers’ Comp In New York?
In New York, temporary workers make up a large portion of the state’s workforce. While they’re a practical option for companies to fill employment gaps, temporary workers face unique challenges…
Who Is My Employee?
Filled Up With Rules? Temp Worker Laws Are Still Being Challenged
Teacher, don’t you fill me up with your rules (fn1) Brownsville Station was a rock band formed in Ann Arbor in 1969. (Go Blue!) Their biggest hit, Smokin’ in the…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
New Jersey Temporary Worker Law Remains in Effect Following Third Circuit Ruling
On August 5, 2023, New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Law took effect. Among other requirements, under the Law Temporary help service firms (i.e. staffing firms and temp agencies)…