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March 18, 2024

USCIS to Implement Varying Filing Fees by Visa Category

In just two weeks, on April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement its new filing fee structure.

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March 18, 2024

Foreign Language Business Meetings Not Unlawful Discrimination, Court Finds

Court rejected employee’s claims that permitting employees to speak only Japanese in business meetings, where individuals who do not speak Japanese are present and are without an interpreter, constitutes unlawful discrimination based on race/ethnicity.

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March 15, 2024

Preliminary Injunction Against Illinois Equivalent Benefits Law for Temporary Workers

On March 11, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that ERISA preempts Section 42 of the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act.

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March 14, 2024

Receipt of Perks Does Not Undermine “Volunteer” Status Under FLSA

Taking a “commonsense” approach, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that volunteers’ mere receipt of certain “perks” does not convert them to employees under the FLSA.

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March 13, 2024

Probing in Procurement – Recent Decisions May Prompt Review of Supplier Diversity Programs

A Texas federal district court judge has decided that the Minority Business Development Agency’s policies that provide financial assistance to minority-owned businesses are unconstitutional.

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March 13, 2024

Canada Launches Employment Equity Data Visualization Tool on Representation Rates and Pay Gaps

Last month Canada’s federal government announced the launch of a new employment equity data visualization tool called Equi’Vision.

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March 12, 2024

Strike Two… Eleventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Florida “Stop-WOKE” Law; Confirms the Law Violates First Amendment

On March 4, 2024, a unanimous three-judge panel not only upheld and continued the preliminary injunction against Florida’s “Stop WOKE” law, but also went further, determining it is unconstitutional.

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March 11, 2024

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Termination Clauses in Fixed-Term Employment Agreement Unenforceable

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the termination provisions of a fixed-term employment contract were illegal and unenforceable because they did not comply with the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

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March 8, 2024

New Jersey Enacts “Bill of Rights” for Domestic Workers

The NJ Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, one of three laws signed in early January relating to protecting immigrants and part of the Murphy administration’s larger effort to build a more inclusive state for all citizens, will take effect in July 2024.

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March 6, 2024

How Artificial Intelligence Tools Can Increase Diversity

The use of AI in the workplace is rapidly expanding in a wide variety of ways throughout the hiring process, including scanning and filtering resumes and AI-driven video interviews to assess candidates.

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