Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: USCIS to Begin Accepting H-1B CAP Petitions on April 1, 2019
Employers who are considering hiring highly-skilled foreign nationals should start the visa application process now …
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USA: Cubans frustrated over U.S. move to end five-year visitor visas
There has been a retraction of the liberalized policy towards Cuba that has taken place in recent years …
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USA: Department of Labor provides national health emergency to combat opioid crisis in Missouri
The US Department of Labor is taking urgent steps to deal with the opioid-use crisis in Missouri …
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USA: New York City to ban discrimination based on hair
The NYC Commission on Human Rights has recently issued Guidance on race discrimination based on hair length and style …
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USA: New Hampshire Senate seeks to ban non-competes for low-wage workers
Senate Bill 197 barring employers from entering into non-compete agreements with low-wage employees has passed the New Hampshire Senate …
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USA: New Jersey expands Family and SAFE Leave protections and benefits
New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy has approved a series of family-friendly provisions that broaden the scope of the Family Leave and SAFE Acts …
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USA: Average hourly earnings increased 3.4%
Average hourly earnings grew by 3 …
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USA/Pakistan: New visa policy for Pakistanis
The United States has reduced the maximum work visa validity for Pakistani citizens from five years to one year …
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USA: Trump Administration seeking to remove H-4 dependent spouses from the class of aliens eligible for employment authorization
The US Administration is poised to reverse an existing facility benefiting the spouses of a foreign highly-skilled workers …
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USA: Labour force participation rate is now the highest since 2013
The US labour force participation rate is now the highest since 2013 …
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USA: Time to reconsider California employee non-solicitation provisions
Just when employers in California had given up on post-employment non-compete clauses because of the Business and Professions Code, now they must guard too against non-solicitation clauses in employment contracts …
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USA: National Labor Relations Board returns to longstanding independent contractor standard
The National Labour Relations Board has dropped its so-called Fedex standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor for NLRA purposes …
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USA: California’s next big hazard could be a volcano
The US Geological survey has just published an extensive report predicting that the biggest natural hazards threat in California is not an earthquake, but a volcanic eruption …
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USA: H-1B rule change keeps qualification in, talent out
From April 1st the Department for homeland Security will revise the way it selects H-IB petitions …
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