Presidential Document 30 Jan 2025 business compliance, law enforcement, construction, border security, labor market, immigration policy

🛑Executive Order 14165

Executive Order 14165 focuses on enhancing border security in the United States through physical barriers and various enforcement actions. It aims to address illegal immigration and associated risks, establishing policies for the detention of illegal entrants and the prosecution of related offenses. The order highlights the federal government’s priority to secure the nation’s borders and protect citizens from potential threats.

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Presidential Document 29 Jan 2025 compliance, federal regulations, business impact, immigration, enforcement, labor market, public safety

🚔Executive Order 14159

Executive Order 14159 is aimed at reinforcing immigration enforcement in the U.S. It rescinds previous orders, establishes enforcement priorities, and mandates the creation of task forces to combat illegal immigration and associated crimes. Additionally, it seeks to revoke federal funds from jurisdictions that do not comply with federal law, create civil penalties for employers of undocumented workers, and promote public safety through enhanced immigration controls.

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Compliance, Labor Market Trends 24 Jan 2025 immigration, labor market, compliance, homeland security, expedited removal, business impact

⚖️DHS Notice on Expedited Removal

This Notice rescinds the March 21, 2022 Notice, Rescission of the Notice of July 23, 2019, Designation for Expedited Removal. This Notice also restores the scope of expedited removal to the fullest extent authorized by Congress.

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Compliance, Employment Initiatives, Economic Development 21 Jan 2025 administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, freedom of information, labor market, wages, employment trends, government employees, federal wage system, payroll management, appropriated fund, wage areas

💼Changes to Federal Wage System Impacting Wage Areas Announced

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the regulatory criteria used to define Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area boundaries and make changes in certain wage areas. The purpose of this change, which will affect around ten percent of the FWS workforce, is to make the FWS wage area criteria more similar to the General Schedule (GS) locality pay area criteria. This change is based on a December 2023 majority recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC), the statutory national-level labor-management committee that advises OPM on the administration of the FWS.

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Compliance, Employment Initiatives 17 Jan 2025 compliance, immigration, labor market, employment authorization, temporary protected status, ukraine

🇺🇦Ukraine TPS Extended

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, beginning on April 20, 2025, and ending on October 19, 2026. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through October 19, 2026, must re-register during the 60-day re- registration period described in this notice.

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Immigration Compliance, Employment Regulations 17 Jan 2025 business compliance, homeland security, immigration, labor market, employment authorization, temporary protected status

🌍Impact of Sudan TPS Extension on Employment and Business Compliance

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, beginning on April 20, 2025, and ending on October 19, 2026. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through October 19, 2026, must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period described in this notice.

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Immigration, Employment, Compliance 17 Jan 2025 labor market, immigration policy, hong kong, employment authorization, deferred enforced departure
Employment Initiatives, Consumer/Demographic Trends, Compliance Requirements 15 Jan 2025 national science foundation, labor market, data collection, employment trends, college graduates

📊NSF Comment Request on 2025 National Survey of College Graduates

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register and two comments were received. NCSES is forwarding the proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. The full submission may be found at: http://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain.

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Employment Initiatives, Compliance Requirements, Professional Events 10 Jan 2025 federal regulations, department of defense, labor market, wage surveys, wage committee, advisory meetings

📊2025 Federal Advisory Committee Meetings on Wage Standards

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meetings of the Department of Defense Wage Committee (DoDWC) will take place.

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Employment Initiatives, Business Incentives, Economic Development 7 Jan 2025 small business, apprenticeship, labor market, mentoring programs, americorps, k-12 education, national mentoring month