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First Published in The Bermuda Chamber Of Commerce Newsletter (Chamber Insider), January 2021 At the end of November 2020 the Government tabled various bills in the House of Assembly that will, if they complete the full legislative process, introduce several amendments to Bermuda's employment legislation. This article is Part 1 of a series of articles in which we will discuss the proposed amendments and the practical implications they may have for employers and employees in Bermuda. Part 1 focuses on certain of the proposed changes to the Employment Act 2000 (Act). Below we provide a brief ou...

First Published in The Bermuda Chamber Of Commerce Newsletter (Chamber Insider), February 2021 This is the second in our series of articles looking at upcoming changes to the Employment Act 2000 ( Act), Bermuda's key piece of employment legislation, introduced by way of the Employment Amendment (No.2) Act 2020. Since the publication of last month's article, the amending legislation has been passed by the Senate and is due to come into force on 1 June 2021. Below, we briefly outline the key changes that were not covered in our previous article and consider some of the practical implications. B...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Amanda Weaver, an attorney with our firm’s Labor, Employment and Immigration Practice, who explains the United States Department of Labor’s Final Rule addressing independent contractor misclassification under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act set to take effect March 8, 2021. Embed

Advertisement USCIS Publishes Final Rule Revising the H-1B Cap Lottery from a Random Lottery to a Wage-Based Selection Process Tuesday, January 12, 2021 On Friday, January 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the final rule to replace the current U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) H-1B visa petition selection process based on a random lottery with a weighted selection system favoring H-1B registrations in which the wage being offered by the employer meets the highest wage level in the Department of Labor’s four-tiered wage system. This final ...

Immigration rules is to rip parents from their families, is to treat rape victims and refugees like terrorists and to put children in cages. >> reporter: trump signed an executive order last week reversing his immigration practice of separating families, but more than 2,000 children are still waiting to be reunited with their parents. though protests remain peaceful, first responders at washington treated dozens of demonstrators for heat-related injuries. >> people united will never be defeated. >> reporter: for some marchers their protest isn't over. they plan to make their voice heard in nov...