With regard to Worksite Enforcement & Compliance matters, we offer a range of business immigration services to employers that extend beyond traditional employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Employers face numerous challenges to remain in compliance with the myriad of laws, statutes, rules, codes, and regulations pertaining to the hiring and employment verification of employees, and the resulting paperwork obligations. We work with employers to proactively develop best practices and to reduce exposure and liability should they be the subject of a worksite action or audit.

Our attorneys provide advice, counseling and representation in the following areas:

• I-9 Training and I-9 Compliance Programs;
• I-9 Audits
• Wage & Hour and Internal Public Access File Audits;
• E-Verify; and
• Subcontractor Agreements.

With regard to Worksite Enforcement & Compliance matters, we offer a range of business immigration services to employers that extend beyond traditional employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Employers face numerous challenges to remain in compliance with the myriad of laws, statutes, rules, codes, and regulations pertaining to the hiring and employment verification of employees, and the resulting paperwork obligations. We work with employers to proactively develop best practices and to reduce exposure and liability should they be the subject of a worksite action or audit.

Our attorneys provide advice, counseling and representation in the following areas:

• I-9 Training and I-9 Compliance Programs;
• I-9 Audits;
• Wage & Hour and Internal Public Access File Audits;
• E-Verify; and
• Subcontractor Agreements.

There are numerous potential immigration consequences of a corporate restructuring that impact both the acquiring employer and the target company’s foreign national employees. These range from the possible inheritance of immigration violations and assumption of immigration-related obligations to employees having legal status or work authorization issues.

Our attorneys are experienced at counseling employers on the immigration ramifications of a change of ownership or other corporate change or business restructuring. We assess and advise on the impact of layoffs and other corporate changes on the foreign national employees, as well as a company’s continued obligations and liabilities.

We offer advice on the development of merger and acquisition best practices and assess successor liabilities in the following areas:

• Target company’s workforce, I-9 records and employment policies to identify immigration-related concerns;
• Impact of layoffs and other corporate changes;
• Impact on nonimmigrant visa cases;
• Impact on permanent residence cases;
• Wage & Hour Public Access File Obligations;
• H-1B Dependency; and
• I-9 Record Obligations.