On January 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the registration period for Fiscal Year 2024 will open at noon on March 1, 2023 and will close at noon on March 17, 2023.
On January 26, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding Michigan’s minimum wage, tip, and paid sick and safe time laws.
San Francisco has enacted the Military Leave Pay Protection Act, which will require employers with 100 or more employees to supplement the pay of covered employees during a qualifying military leave for up to 30 days in a calendar year.
Great news for anyone moving to the UK as priority services have been resumed for family and partner visas to the UK. Standard family visa processing times are also set to reduce from the current six months.
After the past two years, following the impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, you would be forgiven for hoping, even if just for a moment, that 2023 might be calmer and less eventful than the previous two years.
On January 20, 2023, Australia’s Fair Work Commission issued an important decision that makes significant amendments to the Professional Employees Award 2020.
The purpose of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is to end the special status of Retained EU Law in the UK (those laws kept in place at the time of Brexit) and to enable it to be amended, repealed or replaced more quickly and easily.