The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (“Guidance”), which included guidance related to gender identity discrimination and harassment against LGBTQ+ workers. This rescission, while expected, signals an ongoing shift in priorities at the federal level, which creates confusion and uncertainty and raises compliance issues for employers. Based on this change, employers should stay up-to-date on the evolving guidance and best practices for creating and maintaining a compliant and inclusive workplace.

The federal government has made considerable changes to H-1B Lottery by replacing the purely random selection model with a wage-weighted registration selection model. We are answering the most important questions that employers are asking themselves as a result of this significant shift.

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued a Technical Assistance Document - Discrimination Against American Workers is Against the Law – and signaled its intention to focus on discrimination against American employees in the workplace. In light of the agency’s action, employers should know what their obligations under the law are and proactively should ensure that their policies, programs, and procedures comply with the law to avoid charges of discrimination.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has issued new policy guidance regarding its evaluation of applicants for naturalization, the process through which foreign nationals become U.S. citizens. In August, USCIS issued a new policy memorandum entitled “Restoring a Rigorous, Holistic, and Comprehensive Good Moral Character Evaluation Standard for Aliens Applying for Naturalization.”

Over the past several weeks, the White House has put the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program under the microscope and has launched a volley of attacks against the program. The current administration has sought to revise the program and to amend existing regulations, and the result has caused confusion and anxiety.

Employers and their foreign workers must ensure that there is not a tiger lurking in the garden with respect to the viability of their visas because of the significantly increased possibility of visa revocations, deportations, and scrutiny.

In the late afternoon on September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation - Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers - that immediately, directly, and materially impacts employers and employees who use H-1B Visas. Here is what you need to know.

Now more than ever, employers must ensure that they are complying with federal immigration law, which requires verification of the identity and work authorization of employees and prohibits employers from hiring unauthorized workers in light of three significant shifts in federal policy.