Webinars

US Immigration and COVID-19

Monday, April 27, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Travel restrictions, work from home, furloughs, wage reductions, layoffs, and other consequences of the current emergency can have obvious and unintended consequences for H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, and other foreign national workers and their employers.

Please join members of our immigration team for a one-hour webinar to examine these new developments and to discuss how the current environment impacts employers of foreign nationals in the United States.

Topics will include:

  • Discussion of Executive Order Expanding Travel Ban
  • Changes in Worksites for H-1B workers
  • Salary Cuts and Reductions in Hours
  • Impacts of Furloughs on Temporary Work Visas
  • Terminations and the 60-Day “Grace Period”
  • Impact of Current Economic Conditions on PERM Adjudications
  • Eligibility of Foreign Nationals for Unemployment
    and for the Family First Coronavirus Response Act Stimulus Checks.

CLE credit: CLE credit in CA, FL, IL, OH, OR, NJ (via reciprocity), NY, PA, TX and VA is currently pending approval.