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The Future of Immigration and Its Impact
on the Home Furnishings Industry
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
U.S. immigration has in recent months initiated a strategic shift in the way it approaches employers hiring illegal aliens. In egregious situations, criminal charges have even been brought against employers and supervisors who commit certain violations. Together with the emphasis on the issue and state and national legislation, immigration issues are truly the hot topic of the day, with major social, political, economic, and employment ramifications. Some of the proposed federal legislation raises fines to as much as $20,000 per worker and 3 years in jail for repeat offenders, for companies that hire illegal aliens or fail to keep appropriate records. Employers further fear a wave of litigation over verification mistakes.
This program addresses pertinent issues of private employers.
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Jim Wimberly is a senior principal in the national management labor law firm of Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Weathersby and Schneider, and is engaged exclusively in representing management in employment law and labor relations. He has held the position of general attorney at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington and has been a professor of labor law of the Woodrow Wilson Law School, as well as being one of less than one percent of practicing attorneys selected for listing in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America.
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Jim Hughes, an attorney with Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Weathersby and Schneider, is a former editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Since 1982 he has practiced in a number of employment areas including immigration and employment benefits. His expertise in immigration includes not only employer obligations, but also the steps necessary for immigrants to obtain appropriate work certifications.
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