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HR 2536, The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, See http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-2536 has been introduced in the House by Congressman Robert Wexler.  Although there is a long process ahead this first step provides hope for much needed relief for the U.S. nursing shortage as it will make immigrant visas specifically available for nurses.  These visas are currently …

Findings by the Council were that the broken US Immigration System risks serious consequences to U.S. national interests:

Specifically:

– Weaken US Economy

– Jeopardize Diplomacy

– Imperil National Security

Council on Foreign Relations Press Release:

http://www.aila.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=29470&linkid=206416

Council on Foreign Relations Report on Immigration Policy:

http://www.aila.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=29470&linkid=206410

The August Visa Bulletin was just released. Currently Employment Based Category Three (Skilled Worker) remains unavailable and Employment Based Category Two (Advanced Degree Professional) for India is backlogged to October 1, 2003. For all other countries Advanced Degree Professional Immigrant visas are currently available. Please see August 2009 State Department Visa Bulletin

Piyush Seth
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A federal judge has conditionally certified a class of potentially 85,000 current and former employees of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit challenging UPMC’s meal break policy. Conditional certification means that plaintiffs will be able to notify all current and former non-exempt employees from the past three years…

The Department of Labor recently issued new amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).   Those amendments have added  to the notice requirements under the act, creating both a paperwork chore for businesses and a potential legal trap if  the required notices are not provided.  This Alert summarizes the new notice requirements.  

General Notice 

The General Notice must be…

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