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Wage Law
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Inside Business Immigration
USCIS Finalizes Wage Weighted H-1B Cap Selection Rule, Effective Feb. 27, 2026
USCIS has finalized a major restructuring of the H-1B cap selection process.
Employment Law Lookout
Appellate Courts Restore a Measure of Sanity to Independent Contractor Classification Under Massachusetts’ Wage Law
Barry Miller and Anthony Califano Seyfarth Synopsis: In a refreshing break for business in the Bay State, two recent appellate court decisions have confirmed that legitimate independent contractor relationships are…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Vacates Second Circuit’s Transportation-Industry Requirement For Federal Arbitration Exemption
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Monika Harris, Christopher Sakauye, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Dykema
On April 12, 2024, the Second Circuit suffered another unanimous reversal by the Supreme Court. In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the…
Employment Law Letter
Recap of Employment Laws Passed in Connecticut’s 2023 General Assembly Session
By Daniel Schwartz, Keegan Drenosky
Connecticut’s 2023 General Assembly concluded last week. But for the first time in many years, many of the major pieces of legislation in the labor and employment area did not pass.…
Workplace Law & Strategy
“IR laws top CEO concerns”
By Chris Gardner, Michael Tamvakologos
This is The Australian’s 8 December 2022 headline. It reflects the result of its 2022 CEO Survey. We’re not surprised. It echoes the observation made in our previous blog about…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Biden administration defends H1-B wage rule
The Biden administration has urged a D.C. federal judge to uphold a Trump-era policy to award H-1B specialty occupation visas by salary rather than by lottery, saying the policy is…
CEB Blog
DOL’s Proposal for Exempt Employees Doesn’t Meet CA’s Standard
By CEB
The following is a guest blog post by Richard J. Simmons of Sheppard Mullin in Los Angeles. He represents employers in various labor and employment matters. The U.S. Department of Labor…
Pay Equity Advisor Blog
California on Brink of Further Expansion of Fair Pay Protections
By Susan E. Groff, Benjamin A. Tulis
California’s legislature is close to passing three bills to expand the state’s fair pay laws. The bills, introduced in early 2017, were designed to expand upon, or clarify, the amended California Fair Pay…
GovCon & Trade
Event: SCS’ Annual Government Contracting Seminar
Next week I will head to Oak Ridge to speak at the SCS’ 2015 Annual Government Contracting Seminar. During the session, “Contractors Beware: The Davis Bacon Act and the 2014 Fair Pay…
Law and the Workplace
NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Independent Contractor Standard under State Wage Laws
By Daniel Saperstein, Guy Brenner
Last week, New Jersey’s highest court ruled in Hargrove v. Sleepy’s, LLC, No. A-70-12 (Jan. 14, 2015), that the so-called “ABC test” applies when determining whether a worker is an employee…