Labor&Employment Personnel File

Use of New I-9 Forms Delayed

This month, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) was expected to adopt a final rule and issue a new Form I-9 for employers to use to verify the employment eligibility of members of their workforces.  However, on February 3, 2009, the USCIS announced that the final rule would be delayed until April 3, 2009, and extended the comment period on the interim rule for 30 days.

President Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

On Thursday, January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law.  The Act amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and modifies the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act to provide that an act of compensation-based discrimination occurs each time an employer issues a paycheck, pays benefits or otherwise compensates an employee in an unlawful manner.  The Act is a reaction to and expressly overturns the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007).