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Colorado Legislature Passes Significant Equal Pay Bill
The Colorado General Assembly passed legislation to strengthen the state’s pay equity requirements, prohibit employers from seeking salary history from job applicants, and require employers to post internal job openings…
Trump Will Propose Merit-Based Immigration System
President Donald Trump will outline his immigration reform proposal this afternoon in a plan that would favor foreign nationals' job skills over family ties in the
Trump Introduces New Immigration Plan
President Donald Trump introduced a new merit-based immigration proposal which could make permanent residency available to more foreign national workers. The plan provides opportunities for immigrants who have specific skills…
Uber Drivers Are Contractors, NLRB Rules
The National Labor Relations Board, handing an important victory to Uber, has concluded that the company's drivers are contractors, not employees
NLRB Makes It More Difficult for Uber Drivers to Unionize
Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel said in a memorandum, making unionization harder for drivers
Court OKs Firing of Wife After Husband Quit During Investigation
The wife of a county sheriff, who worked as a jailer and dispatcher at the sheriff’s office, did not have a valid legal claim when the county fired her after…
Firing Sleeping Worker Before Union Election Violated NLRA
An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it fired a worker for sleeping during the night shift two days before a union election without considering the merits…
How to Respond to Social Security No-Match Letters
If you are one of the 575,000 employers that have received a "no-match letter" from the Social Security Administration, alerting you to discrepancies between a worker's Social Security number and…
Court Stops USCIS from Enforcing Unlawful Presence Policy
A federal judge temporarily blocked a 2018 policy penalizing foreign national students for overstaying or violating the terms of their visas