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Monthly Archives: August 2012

How will DHS’s Deferred Action (DACA) process affect Alabama Employers?

Posted in Federal Immigration Law, Worksite Enforcement

Let’s first discuss new employees.  Alabama employers now have a segment of new potential employees.  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA“) beneficiaries are eligible for employment authorization if they file a petition for employment authorization (USCIS Form I-765) and receive their Employer Authorization Document I-766.  Absent this, they are not authorized to work in the United… Continue Reading

Issuance of New I-9 Form Delayed — Employers Will Continue to Use Current I-9 Form Even After August 31 Expiration Date

Posted in I-9, Worksite Enforcement

USCIS recently announced that employers who were eagerly awaiting the release of the new I-9 Form will have to wait a little longer.  http://www.uscis.gov/i-9   But hold on a moment.  The current I-9 Form has an expiration date of 8/31/2012 printed in the upper right hand corner. So, what are employers supposed to do if a new form is… Continue Reading

To B-1, Or Not To B-1? Or Is That The Question? Palmer v. Infosys Technologies.

Posted in Uncategorized

Imagine your worst compliance nightmare, then rest assured that folks (present and former) at Infosys have endured worse in the case of Palmer v. Infosys Technologies Ltd., Inc., M.D. Ala. 2:11-cv-217.  Civil jury selection is set to begin August 20 in U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s courtroom in Montgomery, Alabama.  Criminal grand jury proceedings are referenced in… Continue Reading