Time to Update Your New Jersey Wage and Hour, Payment of Wages Posters

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) was expanded on November 17, 2008 to add nationals of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea. According to the Department of Homeland Security press release, nationals of those countries can now travel to the United States for business or tourism for a period of 90 days without the need for a visitor visa provided they hold an e-Passport and have completed their registration for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program.

On April 28, 2010, the New York Department of Labor published emergency regulations intended to supplement New York Labor Law Section 167, which prohibits health care employers from mandating overtime for nurses, and stipulates the conditions under which exceptions to this rule may be made. The emergency regulations: (1) clarify circumstances under which various types

In the December 2013/January 2014 issue of the Immigration eAuthority, we reported that California had enacted several new laws that provide California workers, who are seeking to change their personal information, engage in whistleblower activity, or exercise their workplace rights, with expanded protections against adverse employment actions. These laws include specific protections for foreign national employees. The new legislation became effective on January 1, 2014.