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November 4, 2009

USCIS Announces Updated H-1B Cap Count for Fiscal Year 2010

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that as of October 30, 2009, approximately

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November 4, 2009

Bill Would Provide Five Paid Sick Days to Employees with H1N1

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Rep. Lynn Woolsey

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November 4, 2009

NMB Election Rule Change Process Accelerates with Announcement of December 7 Meeting and Withdrawal of IAM and AFA Applications

On the heels of its Tuesday announcement of a proposal to accommodate organized labor’s wishes by radically

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November 4, 2009

Staffing Companies Face Potential Exposure for Interview Time

In a putative class action pending in the federal court for the Northern District of California, Sullivan

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November 3, 2009

Newly Enacted Measure Ends "Widow Penalty" for Immigrant Spouses

On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

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November 3, 2009

Healthcare Overhaul Bills Vary in their Impact on the Number of Individuals Obtaining Employer-Provided Coverage, Employer Penalties

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have issued a preliminary

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November 3, 2009

Roxana Bacon Named USCIS Chief Counsel

On October 21, 2009, Roxana Bacon became Chief Counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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November 3, 2009

NMB Majority Pushes Proposed Rule to Change its Representation Election Policy

On Tuesday, the National Mediation Board (NMB) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (pdf)

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November 3, 2009

USCIS Ombudsman Makes Recommendations Regarding H-1B Filings Stalled by Wrongly Denied Labor Conditions Applications

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman has discovered (pdf) that iCert, the

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November 2, 2009

Lawyers Also Can Be Snared by Privacy Rules

Identity theft is a booming business. Each year, millions of Americans fall victim to identity theft

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