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October 2016

Many employers, union and non-union, require employees to enter into non-competition and confidentiality agreements.  These provisions typically prohibit employees from using confidential company information outside their work relationships, and prohibit employees from competing against the employer during and for a certain period of time after their...
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) prohibited certain discriminatory immigration-related employment practices because of a person's citizenship or national origin.  In 1990 Congress added a new provision prohibiting certain discriminatory documentary practices during the employment eligibility verification process (also called the ...
Employers have always feared receiving the dreaded "mismatch" letter from the Social Security Administration ("SSA") and have struggled to implement consistent and comprehensive plans to address these situations.  SSA would generally send these types of letters to employers to resolve any discrepancies in matching the employee's name and social secur...