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Hiring New Employees? Make Sure You're Using The New I-9

Big news for building service contractors — and employers in general, courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): a new Form I-9 has been unveiled. The I-9, the employment eligibility...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
SEIU Councils Offer Early Endorsements

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in 10 states including California and Iowa endorsed pro-labor Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards this week. The backing is significant since those states represent a million workers, more...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
New Immigration Rule Hits Snag

Even though Congress failed to pass President Bush's immigration reform bill earlier this year, illegal immigration has stayed in the news — and will likely continue to as we near the 2008 election season. This week, a judge in California ordered...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
Labor Day: More Than Just A Day Off

I was reminded this past weekend why Labor Day is so important, historically, and why it remains important to many workers across the nation. For those who don’t know: The holiday has its roots in the 1880s, when New York City unions, the Central...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
Federal Minimum Wage Increase Hits Today

Today is the day low-wage employees in a handful of states have been looking forward to. On July 24, the federal minimum wage is set to increase to $5.85 — up from $5.15 and the first change to that figure in a decade. A majority of states have...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
States Now Tackling Immigration Issue

Did you think you’d stop hearing about immigration reform, now that the much-debated bipartisan immigration bill has been quaffed by the U.S. Senate? The uneasy, incomplete feeling left with many in the wake of the death of that bill may in fact...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
"Immigrant" Not Synonymous with "Illegal"

Last week in Green Bay, Wis., the city council passed an ordinance that would allow the city to pull the operating licenses of employers who knowingly hire illegal, undocumented workers. The vote was in direct response to stagnation in Washington regarding...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR
Moving Forward With Immigration Reform

You can’t unscramble scrambled eggs. That’s what a cleaning company CEO told me months ago during a discussion about the immigration situation in this country, and I remember it often as politicos and pundits suggest solutions to the issue...

Published 01-26-2009 3:49 PM by Lisa Ridgely

Filed under: HR

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