The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in recent years has taken an aggressive stance against employers over employment agreements that the agency believes impede its whistleblower program—as highlighted by a $10... Read more »
by Jennifer Shaw and Melissa Whitehead | | January 9, 2024 By July 1, 2024, employers must establish, implement, and maintain an “effective” workplace violence prevention plan (“WVPP”). The WVPP must be... Read more »
The Department of State (DOS) will begin a pilot program for issuing nonimmigrant visas inside the United States on Jan. 29, 2024. The pilot program will be available to a narrowly defined... Read more »
New Department of State pilot program is designed to allow certain Indian and Canadian nationals to renew their H-1B nonimmigrant visas in the United States. Process is expected to expedite renewal process,... Read more »
On December 21, 2023, the United States Department of State (DOS) published a notice detailing the implementation of a domestic visa renewal through a limited pilot program. The pilot program resurrects a process the... Read more »
On December 15, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs cleared review of the U.S. Department of State’s highly anticipated stateside visa renewal pilot program. The program will apply only to... Read more »
On Dec. 21, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new voluntary disclosure program (VDP) for taxpayers who have received an employee retention credit (ERC) refund for which they might not have been... Read more »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) continued its efforts to increase oversight of the Medicare program by updating Medicare provider enrollment regulations and policies through recent regulatory and sub-regulatory actions.... Read more »
Despite a national increase in youth arrests associated with school incidents, Philadelphia’s Police School Diversion Program, launched in 2014, has decreased the number of youth arrests from nearly 1,600 in the school... Read more »
Quick Hits The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has issued its 2024 poster, individual notices, and rate sheets. The minimum earnings requirement for 2024 has increased to $6,300. A covered... Read more »