Workplace Policies
Articles across the publication that deal with workplace policies.
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Immigration Law
Religious Worker Visas: R-1 Petitions and the EB-4 Special Immigrant Route
The R-1 visa is temporary and the EB-4 religious worker category is permanent, but both run through the same congregation, the same two-year history, and the same proof problems.
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Immigration Law
P Visas for Athletes, Artists, and Entertainment Groups
The P category covers competing athletes, touring groups, exchange performers, and culturally unique acts. Which subcategory fits decides what the petition has to prove.
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Immigration Law
H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Programs: Certification and Worker Protections
Both programs run through the Labor Department before they reach immigration. The certification stage is also where most of the promises owed to the worker are created.
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Employment Law
Salary History Bans and Compensation Questions During Hiring
No federal law stops an employer from asking what you earned before. A patchwork of state and city rules does, and they differ sharply on voluntary disclosure and prior-pay reliance.
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Employment Law
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Accommodation Requests and Employer Duties
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act reaches limitations too minor to count as disabilities, and it allows an essential job function to be paused. Here is how a request actually works.
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Employment Law
Dress Codes and Grooming Policies: Where Employer Discretion Ends
An employer can require a uniform, ban visible tattoos and set a hairstyle rule. It cannot apply those standards in ways that collide with protected characteristics.
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Employment Law
Employee Handbooks: What They Create and What They Should Avoid
Handbooks are written as guidance and read as commitments. In many states the wrong sentence converts a policy into a contractual expectation the employer has to honour.
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Employment Law
Internships and Trainee Programs: When the Worker Must Be Paid
An unpaid internship is lawful only when the intern is the main one gaining from it. The test is flexible, fact-heavy, and applied more strictly by several states.
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