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Government Continues to Crackdown on Employer I-9 Violations

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

Employers take note: Vigilance and accuracy is key when it comes to I-9 employment verification forms. I-9 investigations are at an all-time high, with more than 3,000 audits taking place in 2012 compared to only 250 in 2007. In fact, according to...

OSHA Update: Blaming Workers for Injuries?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

In 2012, OSHA warned employers to be cautious about safety incentives that encourage workers not to report workplace injuries. As part of this memo from OSHA, employers were told to make sure that employees were free to report workplace injuries and...

Belgium: Beware Of The Barking Privacy Watchdog, She’s Biting

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

The quietness in the privacy landscape in Belgium is about to drastically change. Reason for the change of pace are the recent major data breaches that were published by the media. The Privacy Commission announced it will establish a dedicated task...

General Motors Faulty Ignition Recall Leads to a Number of Fatalities

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

The federal safety regulators have received more than 260 complaints about General Motors indicating that that the vehicles suddenly turned off while being driven. Many of the complaints detailed frightening events in which the car suddenly stalled...

$4 billion price tag? FDA's proposed generic drug labelling rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

An economic consulting group recently published findings that a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rule will increase annual healthcare costs by $4 billion. The FDA's proposal, announced in November 2013, will allow generic drug...

Forward-Publishing Patents: A Way to Tell Competitors "Stay Out"?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

Will forward-publishing your patent help or hurt you in the long run? Sonos’ announcement this week that they will forward-publish patent applications has created quite a debate in the patent realm. Ideas are the lifeblood of innovative...

The Importance of Molding Junior Employees for Future Leadership

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

Human resource departments are constantly challenged with solving new problems presented by the changing composition of the workplace. This is particularly true this year and for the upcoming years as Baby Boomers, those currently between the ages of...

Puerto Rico Tees Up GO Financing

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico continues its efforts to maintain fiscal and financial stability. This week, we expect the Commonwealth to move forward with an approximately US$3 billion General Obligation bond financing. This offering is expected to...

Risky Business: TPAs as Employers under the ADA

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

Last week, in Brown v. Bank of America et al., No. 1:13-cv-00367-JAW (D. Me. March 7, 2013), a federal district court in Maine refused to dismiss a Bank employee’s disability discrimination claims against a third party administrator (“TPA”), which...

Department of State Releases April 2014 Visa Bulletin

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/03/14

Bulletin shows no movement of cutoff dates in EB-2 or EB-3 India categories and continued advancement of the EB-3 China category ahead of the EB-2 China category. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its April 2014 Visa Bulletin. The...

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