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December 19, 2023 | 0 comments
Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to learn about this disease and about all the tools available to reduce infections and reduce the negative effects on people's health. Physical...
July 5, 2023 | 0 comments
If you are a worker who recently gave birth, you have special rights in the workplace regardless of your immigration status: Effective December 29, 2022, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act grants certain workers who have recently...
June 30, 2023 | 0 comments
The month of June is internationally recognized as LGBTTTIQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,, Transsexual, Transvestite, Transgender, and Queer also known as LGBT+) pride month. The + sign represents the sum of other identities and dissidences...
June 29, 2023 | 0 comments
On January 17, 2023, the government of Mexico and the government of the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Labor Mobility and the Protection of Participants in Temporary Foreign Worker Programs. Although...
June 26, 2023 | 0 comments
If you work in the poultry processing industry, this information is relevant to you. We know that people who work on the chicken or turkey slaughter line do a very hard job working in the demanding conditions. For example: these speeds...
June 15, 2023 | 0 comments
Ostrom Farms, a mushroom farm in Yakima County, Washington, must pay $3.4 million to the Washington Attorney General after a lawsuit revealed Ostrom had discriminated against its female employees and misused the H-2A visa program. Attorney...
June 14, 2023 | 0 comments
On March 28, the Department of State published in the Federal Register a new rule that increases the processing fees of nonimmigrant visas (NIV). The change is effective as of May 30, 2023. For what type of nonimmigrant...
June 14, 2023 | 0 comments
If you work with an H-2B visa in the United States, it is important for you to know the following: The H-2B visa program offers some protections to workers. One of these protections is known as the 34 (three-fourths) guarantee, and it...
June 14, 2023 | 0 comments
This May 1st marks International Workers’ Day, and at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, we want to share and celebrate with all migrant workers the accomplishments that they have achieved during years of fighting for better working...
June 8, 2023 | 0 comments
On March 13, 2023, US Ambassador to the Mexico, Ken Salazar, Mexico Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), Luisa María Alcalde and Principal Deputy Administrator for the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Jessica Looman, attended a launch...
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