Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. announced the launch of the Visa Requirements, Employment Verification and Withholding Compare SmartChart. Available on Cheetah, Wolters Kluwer’s acclaimed legal research platform, the SmartChart is the first comparison solution of its kind that provides up-to-date state and federal rules for every kind of U.S. visa for corporate counsel, human resources, payroll and compliance professionals.
The Visa Requirements, Employment Verification and Withholding Compare SmartChart allows users to compare rules and requirements for 44 types of U.S. visas in order to easily research and understand information that often requires hours of research from multiple sources. The solution provides practical guidance on complex issues including eligibility, filing deadlines, state and federal rules that apply to each, income tax withholding requirements, unemployment insurance requirements, compliance with federal Form I-9, and more. Users can access the SmartChart through the Labor & Employment, Human Resources, and Payroll Suites on Cheetah.
Barbara O’Dell, JD, a Wolters Kluwer Employment Law analyst, said, “We developed the Visa Requirements, Employment Verification and Withholding Compare SmartChart based on direct questions and feedback from customers who found it difficult to find the information they needed on payroll and employment eligibility and limitation issues for workers who were on U.S. visas.”
The new SmartChart provides the following:
- Guidance on employment limits: How long employees can work in the U.S., What type of work they can do while in the U.S., Can foreign workers’ spouses also work in the U.S. during the visa timeframe
- Guidance on commonly asked questions, including what kind of visa a worker should apply for, filing deadline, how long each visa can last for, and more
- Information on separate visas for spouses, tech workers, agricultural workers, students, diplomats and foreign government officials, religious, teachers, and other individuals
- Federal rules and state specific rules that govern different types of visas
- Tools to understand and track different kinds of visas
- Information on state requirements for employee verification and certification, including prohibited practices, posting, record keeping, penalties, information on relevant enforcement agencies, and compliance requirements related to federal Form I-9
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