By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
In April 2021, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced they are no longer sending Social Security no-match Letters, also known as Educational Correspondence (EDCOR) notices, to employers....
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BBuchanan started a blog post Alvarado Landscaping to Pay $76,000 in Penalties & Back Wages for H-2B Visa Violationsin BBuchananAlvarado Landscaping to Pay $76,000 in Penalties & Back Wages for H-2B Visa Violations
By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
An investigation by U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined Alvarado Landscaping failed to pay temporary foreign workers, under the H-2B visa program, for their international... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Two Companies and Nine Individuals Indicted for Alleged Employment Visa Fraudin BBuchananTwo Companies and Nine Individuals Indicted for Alleged Employment Visa Fraud
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia has indicted two businesses Regal Hospitality Solutions, LLC (RHS) and Educational World, Inc. (Ed World), and nine of their officers and... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Backyard Farms Pays $337,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for Dismissing US workers in favor of Foreign Workersin BBuchananBackyard Farms Pays $337,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for Dismissing US workers in favor of Foreign Workers
By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of Backyard Farms LLC, a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal... -
E-Verify Adds myUploads as a New Tool
By: Bruce E. Buchanan
E-Verify recently announced a new tool, entitled “myUploads”, which is an uploading feature to help employees electronically resolve certain types of Tentative Non-confirmations (TNCs) that occur during the employee... -
BBuchanan started a blog post DOJ Settles with two Companies to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claimsin BBuchananDOJ Settles with two Companies to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims
By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Justice Department, acting through the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), has reached settlement agreements with Spike Inc., a moving and storage company... -
BBuchanan started a blog post ICE Extends I-9 Virtual Verification through May 31, 2021in BBuchananICE Extends I-9 Virtual Verification through May 31, 2021
By Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
On March 31, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension until May 31, 2021 of the policy allowing remote or virtual verification... -
BBuchanan started a blog post DHS Extends TPS for Syria for 18 Months and Automatically Extends EADs through September 27, 2021in BBuchananDHS Extends TPS for Syria for 18 Months and Automatically Extends EADs through September 27, 2021
By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria and also re-designated Syria for TPS through September 30, 2022. Current beneficiaries who want... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Universal Cleaners to Pay $107,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for H-2B Visa Violationsin BBuchananUniversal Cleaners to Pay $107,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for H-2B Visa Violations
By: Bruce E Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
Universal Cleaners LLC, a Traverse City, Michigan commercial cleaning company, failed to pay the legally required wages to its foreign workers employed under the H-2B visa program. Thus, it agreed... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Francisco Valadez Jr. LLC Debarred for Violations of H-2A Visa Pay and Safety Requirementsin BBuchananFrancisco Valadez Jr. LLC Debarred for Violations of H-2A Visa Pay and Safety Requirements
By Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, DOL Administrative Law Judge Dana Rosen has issued an order debarring Francisco Valadez Jr. LLC, a farm labor... -
BBuchanan started a blog post OCAHO Finds No Discrimination or Retaliation by GIG Partnersin BBuchananOCAHO Finds No Discrimination or Retaliation by GIG Partners
By: Bruce E Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC
In Zajradhara v. GIG Partners, 14 OCAHO no. 1363c (Mar. 2021), the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) dismissed a Complaint and found GIG Partners did not violate 8... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Wavertree Stables Pays $137,945 for H-2B Guest Worker Violationsin BBuchananWavertree Stables Pays $137,945 for H-2B Guest Worker Violations
By: Bruce E Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The U.S. Department of Labor, through its Wage and Hour Division, has recovered $81,139 in back wages for 29 foreign workers brought to Florida for employment with Wavertree Stables under the H-2B... -
CShusterman started a blog post How The Dream And Promise Act Would Help Legal Dreamersin CShustermanHow The Dream And Promise Act Would Help Legal Dreamers
On March 3, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill would offer a pathway to citizenship not only to the undocumented, but also to thousands of children of parents who came to the U.S.... -
BBuchanan started a blog post E-Verify Updates the SSA TNC Process for a Citizenship Mismatchin BBuchananE-Verify Updates the SSA TNC Process for a Citizenship Mismatch
By: Bruce E. Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
On March 4, 2021, E-Verify updated the Social Security Administration (SSA) Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) process. Now, employees who receive an SSA TNC with a citizenship mismatch have the... -
BBuchanan started a blog post Chicago Staffing Co. Executive Sentenced for Assisting in Hiring Undocumented Workersin BBuchananChicago Staffing Co. Executive Sentenced for Assisting in Hiring Undocumented Workers
By Bruce E Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
Sergio Badani, a former executive vice president of a Chicago staffing company, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Chicago to two years’ probation and a $15,000 fine on one count of conspiracy...
