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E-Verify Updates to Enhance Hiring Efficiency

An updated version of E-Verify will fundamentally transform the way employment eligibility verification is conducted. The update will be most useful to businesses who are still using paper I-9s and manual processes.  Scheduled to release in 2024, E-Verify NextGen will integrate the Form I-9 process with the government’s electronic employment verification system, lifting much of …

Applying for Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Both the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relieve, and Economic Security (CARES) Act have greatly expanded access to unemployment insurance benefits to workers impacted by COVID-19. The CARES Act provides enhanced Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for individuals. The program provides $250 billion for an extended …