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The deadline for employers’ compliance with changes to the I-9 form is April 3, 2009.

Essentially, the U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services, the agency in charge, has given employers a several-weeks respite.

Action by the new Presidential administration has helped the cause of those seeking a delay. Numerous employment law and regulatory deadlines put into action by the Bush Administration during its final months were postponed recently. Chief of Staff of the White House, Rahm Emmanuel, put out a memo urging federal agencies to take an additional 60 or 90 days to review all of those policies. The intention was to insure that the policies would be consistent with the standards of President Barack Obama.

An interim rule published by the USCIS in December of 2008 originally required all employers in the U.S. to begin using a new I-9 form by February 2, 2009. Under the new regulations, (more…)

Beginning February 1, 2009, every New York employer must display a poster of the New York Correction Law related to convictions.

On August 5, 2008, New York Governor David Paterson signed legislation that requires employers to post a copy of Article 23 A of the correction law relating to the employment of persons with a criminal conviction.

Under the new law, which takes effect February 1, 2009, a poster of (more…)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or EEOC recently  issued a comprehensive question-and-answer guide that clarifies performance and conduct issues under ADA, the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The document addressing a wide variety of problems, is available in its entirety at  www.eeoc.gov/facts/performance-conduct.html.

Under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act , employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities is prohibited.

However, the ADA and Rehabilitation Act generally do not impinge (more…)