New I9 Form

USCIS Issues New I-9 Form: Commentary and I-9 Checklist for Employers On July 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a revised Form I-9. The new form must be used by September 18, 2017. The revised form has only one substantive change. A new Document on List C was added as an acceptable document
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Negligent Hiring/Negligent Retention

Negligent Hiring/Negligent Retention For more than 100  years, various courts have recognized negligent hiring or negligent retention as an independent basis for a court action.   Negligent hiring occurs when an employer knew or should have known of an employee’s unfitness even before the employee was hired.  In these cases, the employer’s liability is based primarily
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Unpaid “Internships” Might Be Illegal

Unpaid “Internships” Might be Illegal A common labor law violation is the use of unpaid “interns”. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states very clearly that that employers cannot pay an employee below minimum wage NOR can employees “waive” their rights under the FLSA. Employers cannot get around this by calling the work “volunteer” work
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