ASAP
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January 17, 2023

Inflation Causes Significant Increase in Immigration-Related Fines

The United States government has increased a variety of immigration-related fines/penalties, effective January 13, 2023.

Insight
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January 17, 2023

Ontario, Canada Court Addresses Statutory Tort of Human Trafficking in Labour Context

In Osmani v. Universal Structural Restorations Ltd., 2022 ONSC 6979, an Ontario court was the first to consider a claim for damages for the statutory tort of human trafficking under the Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act (PRHTA).

Insight
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January 17, 2023

Reports About the Wholesale Demise of Claims Against Employers Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) are Premature

The continued filing of lawsuits against employers under the FCRA underscores the need for in-house counsel, Human Resources, and Talent Acquisition to comply with the statute, especially the “pre-adverse action” notice requirement.

Insight
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January 17, 2023

New Jersey’s New Year’s Resolution: A New Law Limiting Restrictive Covenants?

Currently pending in the NJ Legislature is a bill that would upend decades of New Jersey jurisprudence governing restrictive covenants in employment contracts and severance agreements, and impose an array of new requirements for restrictive covenants.

ASAP
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January 13, 2023

Germany: The skilled worker booster is to come, including for non-academic professions

The German economy is under pressure, and not just because of the energy crisis, inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insight
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January 11, 2023

Publicly Traded Employers Will Need to Claw Back Incentive Pay from Former and Current Executive Officers

A new rule will require employers with stock listed on a national security exchange to implement a policy that provides for the recovery of erroneous payments to current and former executive officers.

ASAP
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January 11, 2023

Mexico: Increase to the UMA Value Announced for 2023

On January 9, 2023, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography published the new values for the Updated Metric Unit (Unidad de Medida y Actualización, or UMA by its acronym in Spanish) that will take effect on February 1, 2023.

ASAP
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January 11, 2023

México: Incremento al valor de la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA) para el 2023

El 9 de enero de 2023, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) publicó los nuevos valores para la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (en adelante “UMA”) que entrarán en vigor el 1 de febrero de 2023.

ASAP
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January 10, 2023

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: New Jersey Implements Long-Delayed Landmark WARN Law

On January 10, 2023, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law S3162 / A4768, which makes the 2020 amendments to NJ WARN effective 90 days from his signature, irrespective of whether a State of Emergency still exists.

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January 10, 2023

Answers to FAQs on Using Employers of Record for 16 European Countries

The past two years created a significant shift in working conditions, and with that, a new avenue of employment arrangements.

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