Author: Naomi Overstreet

DOJ Announces Settlement with Cooler Production Company Over Claims of Discrimination Against U.S. Workers The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently announced a settlement over allegations of immigration-related discrimination with a Texas-based...

Justice Department Settles With Donut Shop Franchisee for Form I-9 Violations The Department of Justice recently stated that it had arrived at a settlement with a corporation in a case involving a claim of discrimination against a worker that...

USCIS Releases New Guidance Concerning Employment Authorization for Spouses of H-1B and L-1 Workers The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (USCIS) has released new guidance for spouses of skilled workers to ease the process...

Three Recent Settlements Show the Importance of Compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act Recently, three separate lawsuits regarding discrimination have been settled by the U.S. Department of Justice (D.O.J.) as well as the Department...

Federal Court in Minnesota Finds that California Labor Code Section 925 Renders Choice of Law Provision Unenforceable The California Labor Code has proven to be a powerful tool for exiting employees seeking to escape from non-compete covenants....

What to Do in Case of Lost Form I-9 Documents It has happened to many employers. A worker walks in and presents a receipt for a missing or damaged document and asks for time to get a new document from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....