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Latest Legal Updates for Virginia
- Employers Beware: Internships are Not Free Labor
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[8/24/2010] Employers may have their pick of applicants to fill paid and unpaid internship positions this fall. Internships traditionally are sought by college students to gain work experience, but the recession and the resulting loss of jobs have prompted people of all experience levels to apply for more »
- H-1B Cap Not Yet Reached, USCIS Continues to Accept Petitions for FY2011
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[8/23/2010] As of August 13, 2010, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received only 29,700 of the 65,000 H-1B non-immigrant visa petitions needed to meet the H-1B regular cap, and just 12,300 of the 20,000 visa petitions needed to meet the U.S. master's degree cap, according to updated more »
- NCAA's New Sickle-Cell Testing Rule: Does it Discriminate Against or Protect Athletes?
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[8/16/2010] As the college football season gets underway, the debate on sickle-cell testing of collegiate athletes is making headlines. The NCAA's Division I Legislative Council has approved a new rule permitting voluntary testing of student-athletes to determine if they are carriers of the rare, but more »
- U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Final Rule Revising Drug Testing Procedures
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[8/16/2010] The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a final rule revising certain drug testing procedures to conform its testing rules to new rules being implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services. The changes will become effective on October 1, 2010. more »
