- Posts by Michael Shadiack
PartnerMichael Shadiack is the Chair of Connell Foley LLP’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Representing a broad spectrum of employers and management personnel in the private and public sectors, he provides litigation defense and ...
On Friday, September 29, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) announced that the minimum wage will increase 16 cents from $8.44 per hour to $8.60 per hour on January 1, 2018. Minimum wage increases are tied to a constitutional amendment that voters approved ...
On July 17th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") released a new Form I-9 (revision date 07/17/17). The form can be found at I-9 Central, and used immediately. The old form (revision date 11/14/2016) can still be utilized until September 17, 2017, with the new form becoming ...
On July 19th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has returned all cap-subject H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2018 that were not selected in the H-1B lottery for this year. If you submitted an H-1B petition and do not receive either a Receipt or Rejection ...
On April 5, 2017, the New York City Council passed legislation prohibiting employers from making salary history inquiries or relying on salary history to determine a prospective employee’s salary. The law will go into effect 180 days after it is signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is ...
Has your company been using E-Verify for over ten years? If so, then you must take action before the end of the month in order to maintain a historical record of your E-Verify transactions. E-Verify is a free online tool provided by the federal government that allows employers to cross-check the ...
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the United States Department of Labor's new overtime rule, which nearly doubled the salary threshold applicable to the "white collar" overtime exemptions. The rule, which was set to ...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently released an updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This new version, dated November 11, 2016, will become mandatory on January 22, 2017; however, employers are allowed to use the new or current ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced that, starting March 31, 2018, it will collect additional pay data from certain employers on their Employer Information Report (commonly referred to as the “EEO-1”). The additional data to be collected ...
The New Jersey Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the minimum wage rate will increase by six cents from $8.38 to $8.44 an hour, effective January 1, 2017. As the New Jersey minimum wage rate will continue to be higher than the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour, New Jersey employers ...
On September 29, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) adopted a “Final Rule” that requires federal contractors to provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave per year to employees who work in connection with “certain” federal contracts.
The Final Rule applies to new and ...