On April 8, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced temporary changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program, to help employers hire summer staff and provide young Canadians access to the jobs they need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 10, 2020, the NYC Commission on Human Rights proposed rules addressing exceptions recognized under the city’s ordinance generally prohibiting pre-employment testing for marijuana and THC.
The Georgia Department of Labor, in response to COVID-19, issued an emergency rule on March 16, 2020 related to filing partial unemployment claims, allowing employers to submit partial claims for full and part-time employees who are temporarily laid off.
This article briefly summarizes the recent governmental guidance on Form I-9 requirements, travel, and visa processing and services, among other matters, in response to the national emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
On March 3, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal law did not prevent states from using their identity theft statutes to prosecute criminal cases where defendants, undocumented immigrants, used stolen Social Security numbers to get jobs.
On March 4, 2020, Virginia's governor signed a new law that expands the Virginia Human Rights Act’s definition of racial discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles.
New Mexico has been making waves with several labor and employment developments, including a red flag law and pending bills that would restrict nondisclosure agreements (HB 21) and would require reasonable accommodations for pregnancy (HB 25).
