Prepare to pay workers for temperature checks
Employers that conduct temperature checks on employees before allowing them to work their shifts might be on the hook for the time they spend awaiting those checks.
Homeland Security halts H-2B visa cap rule
The Department of Homeland Security last week announced via Twitter that it has put on hold its March rule expanding access to H-2B visas.
IC ruling against Postmates not the ‘huge victory’ as claimed
Postmates couriers won an IC misclassification case against Postmates in New York last week, but the decision may not be as groundbreaking as initially claimed, an attorney writes in a JDSupra blog post.
H-1B: USCIS makes FY 2021 selections
USCIS has conducted its 2021 H-1B lottery and selected petitioners should have received notification. Meanwhile, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is offering petitioners more time to respond to RFE and NOID notifications.
H-1B visa pre-registration window closes; premium processing for FY2020 suspended
US Citizenship and Immigration Services closed the H-1B electronic registration period for all cap-subject H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2021; premium processing for current H-1Bs is suspended due to Covid-19.
Cisco agrees to $4.75 million pay-equity settlement
Cisco Systems Inc. will pay $4.75 million in lost wages and interest, and pay-equity adjustments after the US DOL claimed the company paid women, black and Hispanic employees less than comparable male and white employees in similar positions.
H-1B: USCIS delays 2021 premium processing
US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Monday the temporary suspension of premium processing for fiscal year 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions.
French high court: Uber drivers are employees
France's top court upheld a lower court ruling that an Uber driver is an employee because he cannot build his own clientele or set his own prices, Reuters reports.
NLRB issues joint-employer final rule
The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule governing joint-employer status, restoring the standard applied by the board prior to the 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, but with the greater clarity.
No CWS 3.0 next week
Your next issue of Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0 will be delivered Feb. 26.
