Blog Archives
August 21, 2023
FITNESS FOR DUTY EXAMS
We have received several inquiries recently regarding fitness for duty exams. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) permits fitness-for-duty examinations of employees only if they are job-related and consistent with business necessity. Objective evidence is needed to make this showing.
July 31, 2023
I-9 UPDATES
Last month we alerted you to the change in policy by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which announced that virtual review of I-9 employment forms will no longer be allowed effective July 31, with a grace period extending to August 30. This will resume the pre-Covid policy of requiring employers to conduct an in-person physical inspection of a new hire’s documents for the I-9 verifications.
