Author: Jessica Mulholland
Form I-9 COVID-19-Related Flexibilities End July 31, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially announced that on July 31, 2023, the temporary flexibilities around Form I-9 document inspection — that…
Celebrate National Small Business Week Starting April 30
This Sunday, April 30, is the start of National Small Business Week: An annual event that recognizes the hard work, ingenuity and dedication of America’s…
Valentine’s Day: What Employers Should Know About Workplace Relationships
Over the last four decades, the instances of romances between coworkers have risen and fallen — and then risen again! From the 1980s to the…
H-1B Visa Initial Registration Opens March 1
On Friday, January 27, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B visa cap will open at 9 a.m. Pacific on March 1 and run through 9…
CalChamber Launches Foundations of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Course
In today’s workplace, the importance of incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) cannot be understated. Specifically, 74 percent of U.S. workers say corporate investment in…
2023 Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Rates Announced
When an employee gets injured on the job, workers’ compensation — a no-fault insurance system that employers are required to have — kicks in. Once…
Form I-9 Document Inspection Flexibility Extended into 2023
On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it was once again extending the Form…
Remote Form I-9 Document Verification Rulemaking, Comments
When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, so did a change in how employers could verify Form I-9 documents. While the Form I-9 remote document verification…
CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Guidance
On August 11, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance that eliminates precautionary quarantining (isolation is recommended only for those…
California’s Streamlined Work Sharing Program Process Is Permanent
Initially a temporary fix to a COVID-19-related economic slowdown, the Employment Development Department’s (EDD) online, streamlined Unemployment Insurance (UI) Work Sharing program process is officially…
