HR Professionals who deal with United States immigration matters may be aware that the latest version of Form I-129 now includes an export control attestation; this export control attestation became effective on February 20, 2011. As of that date, employers seeking to petition H-1B, H-1B1, L-1 or O-1A (O-1A includes extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics) workers must now answer the attestation. Unfortunately, determining the applicability of U.S. export restrictions can be a complicated task and may require a legal opinion from a lawyer who has experience in this area.
Do you track any human resources metrics?
Back in the heady days of summer 2010, our sister publication HRinfodesk began a series of polls on human resources management systems (HRMS) and metrics. In July, about one-third of respondents said they already use an HRMS and just over one in ten said they were considering it. In August, one-third of HRMS users said it makes their jobs easier, while the rest said the system offered no improvement or actually made things more difficult.
AODA: Common misconceptions about proposed accessible built environment standard
It has been brought to my attention that there are some common misconceptions about the final proposed built environment standard under the AODA. This post is intended to clarify a few of these misunderstandings.