President Obama Issues Three Pro-Labor Executive Orders

The President issued three "executive orders" affecting certain federal contractors:

1. Requires contractors to post a poster explaining employees' rights to join or not join unions. View here.

2. Denies federal funds to pay for contractors' activities related to "persuading" employees to join or not join unions. View here.

3. Requires contractors to retain predecessor companies' qualified employees rather than laying them off and hiring their own workers. View here.

I-9 Form Changes

The USCIS has delayed implementation of a new I-9 form containing new employment eligibility documentation requirements. The January 30, 2009 announcement is here. Under the current schedule, a new I-9 form will be required on April 3, 2009. The Jan. 30 order extends the comment period for proposed regulations issued in November 2008.
You can see the new proposed regulations and the sample new I-9 form and instructions here.