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Compelled to Compete

by Ashish Mahendru

Courts and legislatures—and now the White House—are taking an increasingly dim view of noncompete employment agreements, a development the pandemic has quickened. What can employers do to protect their confidential information?

How Spain's Garrigues Trains a Millenial Workforce

by Best Lawyers

In an interview with Best Lawyers, Adriano Gómez of "Law Firm of the Year" Garrigues in Spain offers a look at his career success, labor and employment law, and embracing a millennial workforce.

Businesses Must Prepare for the New Department of Labor Independent Contractor Rule

by Steven T. Clark and Kirby Black

Two employment law lawyers explain how a new DOL rule making it more likely workers will be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors, has caused legal challenges and prompted businesses to reassess worker status and policies.

Ontario Court of Appeal Addresses Interplay of SERP Entitlements and Grow-in Benefits

by Caroline Helbronner and Sean Maxwell

The case serves as a reminder of the importance of carefully drafting the benefit provisions in supplemental plan texts where members of the underlying registered plan are subject to pension legislation that provides for grow-in benefits on termination of employment.

Used Tires Can Be Deadly

by Patrick McElhone, Jr.

The tires looked new based on the tread depth. However, what the Defendant did not know was that the tires were 10 years old. They had simply been kept in storage. As the Defendant was driving the vehicle on the interstate, the tire suddenly blew out.

Empowering Employers

by Alexandra Sarrine and Elizabeth L.A. Garvish

Ten things that you need to know before you file a labor certification application with the DOL.

Destiny Fulfilled

by Sara Collin

Was Angela Reddock-Wright destined to become a lawyer? It sure seems that way. Yet her path was circuitous. This accomplished employment attorney, turned mediator, arbitrator and ADR specialist nonpareil discusses her career, the role of attorneys in society, the new world of post-pandemic work and why new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson represents the future.

The Global Employer: Strategies and Best Practices for an International Workforce

by Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm

Developing and retaining an international workforce is essential to competing in the global marketplace.

U.S. Steps up Efforts to Review Social Media Use by Immigrants and Visitors

by Bradley L. Ortman

Last month, the DHS implemented a new rule to systematize its efforts to monitor social media use of intending immigrants and travelers to the United States.

The Rise and Fall of the H-1B Worker

by Kathleen Saenz Poppenger

Until recently, most people were unfamiliar with the H-1B visa, except for those seeking to take advantage of this temporary worker category.

Make the Workforce American Again

by Michael J. Wildes

The H-1B visa program allows U.S. companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, including jobs in technology, engineering, science, architecture, accounting, and business.

H-1B Applications: Proactive Steps in 2018

by Brad J. Hendrick

Last year, USCIS received approximately 199,000 applications for the 85,000 H-1B visas allocated each year.

I-140 Petition

by Vivien Li and Elizabeth L.A. Garvish

I-140 petition requires financial ability to pay for small business, sole proprietor, household and other individual petitioners.

Visa Options for Employees Who Lose the H-1B Lottery

by Kristal Ozmun and Stephen Yale-Loehr

The Building of a Virtual Border Wall

by Tammy Fox-Isicoff

This virtual wall has not just adversely impacted undocumented immigrants; it has adversely impacted those seeking legal immigrant and nonimmigrant status and those wishing to extend nonimmigrant status.

What about the Legal Immigrants?

by Michael P. Nowlan