Rebecca Kagin, who co-chairs California Employment Lawyer’s Association’s Immigrant Employee Rights Committee, designed and moderated the continuing legal education seminar “Advocating for Our Essential Workforce During the Pandemic” on August 11, 2021. Speakers addressed how to protect our essential workforce during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with a special focus on the rights of immigrant workers. […]
Legal Protections for DACA Recipients Whose Work Permits Expire
The federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) afforded nearly 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants (commonly recognized as Dreamers) the temporary right to live, work, and study in the United States. The program granted protection and work permits to DACA recipients for two years (or occasionally three years) and could be renewed upon expiration. On September 5, 2017, Donald Trump announced that his administration is rescinding DACA. In rolling […]
California Law Protects Workers Regardless of Immigration Status
Undocumented workers whose rights have been violated have long feared that the Courts would not offer them protection. This fear was heightened in 2002, when the United States Supreme Court decided in Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board that undocumented workers should not be awarded damages for unfair employment practices because this […]
