New Prevailing Wage Enforcement
As of October 15, 2008, the Ohio Department of Commerce began applying new guidelines to public/private construction projects with regard to requirements to pay prevailing wage rates. Ohio’s prevailing wage law (Ohio Revised Code §4115.03, et seq.) requires payment of the local “prevailing wage” to workers working on publically funded projects. Developers and construction professionals should determine at the outset of ANY project whether prevailing wage rates apply. Read More...
New Visa Waiver Countries
USCIS Increases Period of Stay
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the maximum period of time a Trade-NAFTA (TN) professional worker from Canada or Mexico may remain in the United States from one year to three years. This final rule changes the initial admission, and subsequent extensions, equal to the initial period of admission given to H-1B professional workers. The TN nonimmigrant classification is a visa category available to eligible Mexicans and Canadians with at least a bachelor’s degree or appropriate professional credentials who work in certain qualified fields pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Qualified professions identified within NAFTA include, but are not limited to accountants, engineers, attorneys, pharmacists, scientists, and teachers. This final rule will ease administrative burdens and costs on TN workers as well as benefit US employers by increasing the amount of time TN nonimmigrants will be able to work for them before having to seek an extension of status. Spouses and unmarried minor children of TN nonimmigrants in their corresponding nonimmigrant classifications will also benefit from the new regulation.
CLE at Hotel RIU Cancun, Mexico
CLE at Hotel RIU
Cancun, Mexico
November 7-8, 2008
Approved for 5.5
credit hours with the Ohio State Bar Association
November 7, 2008
8:00 – 8:20 Registration
8:20 - 8:30
Opening Remarks
Troy Morris, Perez
& Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
8:30 – 9:30 Medical Specials – The
Effect of Robinson v. Bates
Elizabeth Gentile,
Perez & Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
9:30 - 10:30 Apportionment of Liability
Andrew Wachtman, Perez
& Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45
Fair Housing Act and the Multi-Unit Residential Owner
Lisa Hyre Timms,
Steiner + Associates, Columbus, Ohio
11:45 – 12:00 Closing Remarks/Open
Discussion
Elizabeth Gentile,
Perez & Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
November 8, 2008
8:00 - 8:20 Registration
8:20 - 8:30
Opening Remarks
Angela Alexander
Savino, Perez & Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
8:30 – 9:30 Substance Abuse – The
Chemical Dependency Effect
Angela Alexander
Savino, Perez & Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
9:30 – 10:30 Subrogation and Loss
Recovery Basics
Troy Morris, Perez
& Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45
Immigration
Laura Jurcevich, Perez
& Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
11:45- 12:00 Closing Remarks
Troy Morris, Perez
& Morris LLC, Columbus, Ohio
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Employer Liable
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=26044
In an apparent misunderstanding of the various fees related to H-1Bs, a DOL ALJ finds an employer liable for the beneficiary paying the premium processing and filing fee. Numerous other LCA issues, including benching, termination and retaliation, also are addressed. Morales Toia v. Gardner Family Care Corp., 2007-LCA-00006 (4/25/08). AILA Doc. No. 08072468. Read More...
USCIS changes interview process
Neufeld Memo on Changes to the Naturalization Interview Process
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A 4/25/08 Memo from Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, to USCIS field offices on changes to the naturalization interview process. AILA Doc. No. 08071163. Read More...
NEW SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA
"USCIS today announced guidelines for a new special immigrant visa for certain Iraqi nationals who worked for, or were contractors of the United States government in Iraq for at least one year after March 20, 2003. Section 1244 of the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 authorizes 5,000 special immigrant visas for Iraqi employees and contractors each year for fiscal years (FY) 2008 through 2012, as well as their spouses and children." USCIS Update, July 9, 2008. Read More...
New Immigration Benefits
New Immigration Benefits
Under a new immigration law, certain family members of
U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents can
immediately obtain immigration benefits under new “K” and
“V” visa categories implemented by the INS.
The newly created V non-immigrant status allows certain
spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents
(“LPR”) to reside and work in the United States while
waiting to obtain immigrant (“Green Card”) status.
The most important benefit of V status is that qualifying
spouses and children of LPR’s who are illegally in the
U.S. at this time can immediately apply for V status and
obtain employment authorization. A person granted V
non-immigrant status must still wait until his/her
immigrant visa number (priority date) becomes available
before applying for a Green Card.
