Compliance, Regulatory 14 Jan 2025 compliance, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, aliens, health professions, immigration, trafficking, t nonimmigrant status, students, foreign officials

⚖️Important Update on T Nonimmigrant Status Regulations for Businesses

This document corrects the August 23, 2024 correction to the final rule that published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024. The final rule amended DHS regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons seeking T nonimmigrant status. This document will replace language unintentionally removed as a result of the prior correction.

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Regulatory Compliance, Employment Trends 13 Jan 2025 labor regulations, employment, agriculture, business compliance, temporary workers, h-2a

🌱Ratification of H-2A Regulations for Temporary Agricultural Employment

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's and the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division's ratification of the rule published February 10, 2010, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States.

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Regulations, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 agriculture, government contracts, transportation, government procurement, customs duties and inspection, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, motor vehicle safety, employment, aliens, intergovernmental relations, penalties, law enforcement, motor vehicles, immigration, investigations, housing, business regulations, whistleblowing, health, airmen, civil penalties, trade agreements, inflation adjustments, insurance, department of labor, surety bonds, employee benefit plans, health insurance, construction industry, labor, monetary penalties, housing standards, wages, watches and jewelry, black lung benefits, indians-arts and crafts, labor management relations, lie detector tests, minimum wages, migrant labor, child labor, labor compliance, longshore and harbor workers, mine safety and health, homeworkers, miners, mines, teachers, maternal and child health, workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, clothing

💼2025 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment - Labor Impact

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2025 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.

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Compliance, Employment Regulations 6 Jan 2025 eeoc, employment, recordkeeping, demographics, compliance, hiring

📋EEOC Notice on Information Collection and Recordkeeping Requirements

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it has submitted the information described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a three-year extension without change.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 2 Jan 2025 homeland security, investigations, civil penalties, aliens, vessels, business compliance, fraud, administrative practice and procedure, regulatory requirements, harbors, maritime carriers, inflation adjustment, oil pollution, employment, freight, law enforcement, penalties, exports, reporting and recordkeeping requirements

📈Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustments

In this final rule, DHS adjusts for inflation its civil monetary penalties for 2025, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Executive Office of the President (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The new penalty amounts will be effective for penalties assessed after January 2, 2025, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.

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