H-1B filing season nears; visa demand to be high — again
The application filing season for H-1B visas begins April 1. While changes established by the Trump administration go into effect, demand is still expected to outpace supply.
Victoria labor hire law starts next month
In a staffing firm licensing scheme going into effect in Victoria, Australia, client companies could face AUD$500,000 for using unlicensed staffing firms.
UK: IR35 off-payroll rules’ private-sector expansion
The UK government opens consultation on private-sector IR35 independent contractor tax rules.
Bakery could face ‘incremental liability’ in misclassification suits
Flowers Foods, which produces Wonder Bread and Tastykake, faces more than two dozen IC misclassification cases, and has agreed to settled some for $9 million.
Farms are joint employers with staffing firm in EEOC discrimination case
Two farms in Washington state were found to be joint employers with a staffing provider in a discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Bills would make it easier for workers with H-1B visas to get green cards
Two bills that would remove per-country caps for employment-based green cards were introduced last week in the US House and Senate.
Insurance agents are ICs, rules Sixth Circuit
Some 7,200 agents are independent contractors, the court said; otherwise, American Family Insurance Co. could have faced $1 billion in liabilities, according to a report.
Feds publish final rule on H-1B visa process, delay new electronic system
USCIS published a final rule that brings changes to the H-1B visa process, including a registration process and a change in the selection process.
NLRB reverses another Obama-era standard
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a board ruling from 2014 on who qualifies as independent contractors in a case involving a union effort to organize drivers at a SuperShuttle affiliate.
State attorneys general oppose changing joint employer rule
Attorneys general from 10 states and the District of Columbia opposed the NLRB’s proposed revision of the joint-employment rule in a letter sent last week; separately, the agency extended the comment deadline on the rule.
