Attracting and Retaining the Best Workers: Immigration and Employment Law Issues in the World of COVID-19

Date and Time

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Thursday, June 18, 2020
12:00pm-1:00pm

Location

This is a virtual webinar. Get the link when you register!

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for employers in workforce retention and legal compliance. All employers have been impacted in some fashion or another, and there are additional issues for those who employ foreign workers on visas. This webinar will guide employers with respect to the impact on temporary and permanent visas for foreign workers. Closely related employment law issues will also be discussed. Topics to be covered include:

Impact of the April 22, 2020 Executive Order regarding suspension of visas for employment based permanent residence and exceptions
Issues in I-9 compliance due to remote working
Furloughs, layoffs, change in worksites and reduction in hours for foreign workers
Employer employee relationship in remote work environment, impact on visa approvals
Employment Contracts for staffing companies, 3rd party placements
Student interns and post education work authorization
Who pays for immigration and visa fees? What can be recovered from the employee in case of early departure?

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ABOUT MOHAMMAD ALI SYED

mo.syed@offitkurman.com| 240.507.1784

Over the past twenty years Mohammad (Mo) Ali Syed has developed a thriving immigration, litigation and international business practice. In Immigration Law, for individuals, his experience includes family-based immigration, sponsorship, fiancé visas, asylum, naturalization, and U.S. citizenship. He has obtained EB1 expedited green cards for aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, and athletics. For businesses, Mr. Syed has vast experience with nonimmigrant and immigrant visas including H-1B, PERM (employment-based green cards), E1/E2 treaty traders and investor visas, L1 intracompany transfer visas, O, P, foreign professionals, and multinational managers and EB5 investor green cards

ABOUT SUSIE CIRILLI

susie.cirilli@offitkurman.com | 267.338.1395

Susie M. Cirilli is a Labor & Employment attorney that assists clients with issues involving the ADA, FMLA, and Title VII claims. Susie litigates on matters related to hostile work environment, discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race and disability. Susie has experience representing employers in fact-finding conferences and mediations before the PHRC and the EEOC. Susie’s practice also consists of counseling and advising clients on employment matters. She often advises employers on day to day employment matters and assists her clients on employee issues such as hiring and terminations, which includes drafting and negotiating separation agreements. Susie has experience drafting and revising employment agreements, employee handbooks, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.

ABOUT OFFIT KURMAN

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