Immigration Law's Impact on the Workplace
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Program Fee:
Live Webcast: $99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
In-House Counsel: Free for Members | $149 for Nonmembers
Small Law Firm: $59 for Members
Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2017-2019), Judges, or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.
CLE Credit:
New York: 3.0 Professional Practice
New Jersey: 3.0 General
California: 3.0 General
Pennsylvania: 2.5 General
This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys
Description:
Immigration law impacts employers and employees, it impacts who can work, for how long and imposes duties on employers to verify work authorization status, as well as comply with anti-discrimination mandates. Changes in immigration policy can affect employers’ abilities to recruit or retain talent; limitations posed by immigration law may require creative recruiting or staff management solutions. Immigration enforcement actions can result in fines for non-compliance, a sudden loss of employees, and require employers to consider constitutional issues, such as the 4th Amendment’s protection again unreasonable searches and seizures.
An expert panel will teach you about:
- Work authorizations and visa types
- Current trends and policies impacting the recruitment and retention of immigrant workers
- Form I-9 compliance, anti-discrimination protections, and enforcement policies
- E-Verify system
- Strategies for: Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA); Impact of the “travel ban: and other recent Executive orders effecting immigrants; ICE enforcement actions in the workplace and constitutional rights of employers and employees; Impact of immigration policies in industries like technology and hospitality
Who Should Attend: In-House attorneys, defense counsel, plaintiff’s counsel, worker’s rights advocates, human resource professionals
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Program Co-Chairs:
Danny Alicea, Litigation Supervisor, Immigration, Center for Family Representation
Nilesh Patel, Counsel, Labor Relations and Mediation Service, Day Care Council of NY
Sponsoring Association Committees:
Labor and Employment, Katherine A. Greenberg, Chair
Immigration & Nationality Law, Victoria F. Neilson, Chair