Workshop: Strategic Immigration Compliance September 23, 2009

3 CPE/MCLE Credits

2009 has seen a rise in unlawful termination suits simply because employees are desperate. And if you employ foreign nationals, the stakes are even higher. Often employers want to "do the right thing" by their foreign national employees, who are more impacted by terminations than U.S. workers because they may have to leave this country - find out how being too nice can lead to exposure to Wage and Hour liability. Protect yourself against complaints before Wage and Hour comes knocking at your door. At the end of this lively and informative discussion, you'll be able to:

-Describe how immigration-related enforcement impacts your company
-Avoid possible civil and monetary penalties under the H-1B program and other visa categories
-Build termination strategies to protect your company's liability
-Use two new forms in the H-1B and Labor Certification context, mandatory as of May 2009

Speaker: Laura J. Mazel, counsels multinational high-tech, biotech corporations and non-profit medical research institutions throughout the U.S. in successfully navigating through the immigration challenges facing employers today. Ms. Mazel was appointed to the American Immigration Lawyer's Association ("AILA")'s national U.S. Department of Labor Liaison Committee, serving from 2004 to 2005. Ms. Mazel provides proactive advice and assists corporate clients to assess the immigration consequences and benefits related to mergers, acquisitions and other corporate restructuring including layoffs. In an effort to minimize employer liability, she has conducted numerous training for in-house and outsourced human resource representatives, and conducts internal audits on I-9 documents and compliance with DOL requirements under the H-1B and labor certification programs.

Official Website: http://www.nchra.org