Top 10 All Topics Headlines from All Regions Recently, Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State's Visa Office shared his impressions at this time regarding visa demand in preference categories and predictions for the remainder of FY2013 with AILA. One of the greatest challenges facing employers today is finding and keeping good employees. This article describes some effective employee retention strategies that will help you retain good staff and develop a stable workforce. Service tax was initially introduced in the year 1994, when service tax was made applicable on only three services. This may be the final year that the so-called Bush tax cuts remain in effect, unless Congress acts to further extend them. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have issued a new and revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. How safe is it to use email as a means of communication for formal notices under contracts? The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services have announced that it received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the first week of the FY2014 filing period. The first major immigration proposal in several years contains sweeping changes, with the president potentially signing a version by mid-June. Two recent political deals at both the state and municipal level will increase employer costs and burdens. This case is the latest decision to expand the meaning of "consequential loss" beyond the narrow English definition. | 
