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Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. is pleased to welcome a new associate who has joined the firm’s growing employment and education law practice. Karl H. Widell practices in the areas of employment litigation and education law, primarily representing the interests of public school districts. He is an experienced trial attorney, having counseled […]

A special education attorney at Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. is trading her legal practice for a public policy position with the premier trade association dedicated to improving the educational success of children with physical and mental disabilities. Lindsay E. Jones, a partner in Gust Rosenfeld’s thriving Education Law practice, has accepted […]

Eleven Gust Rosenfeld lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than […]

Our legislature recently made important changes to the employer sanctions statutes (HB 2745) for employees hired after December 31, 2007. Unauthorized Aliens Employers that knowingly or intentionally hire, directly or indirectly, unauthorized aliens are subject to liability. Penalties include: terminating all unauthorized aliens, employer probation and terminating business licenses. Economic […]

Sample Contract Insert Containing Arizona’s New Employer Sanctions Provisions: E-verify requirements. To the extent applicable under ARIZ. REV. STAT. § 41-4401, the Contractor and its subcontractors warrant compliance with all federal immigration laws and regulations that relate to their employees and compliance with the E-verify requirements under ARIZ. REV. STAT. […]

Effective January 1, 2008, Arizona’s minimum wage will increase from $6.75/hour to $6.90/hour. Importantly, Arizona employers must pay Arizona’s rate, which is $1.05 higher than the Federal rate. Tipped employees will also benefit with an increase to at least $3.90 per hour. These increases result from the November 2006 Arizona […]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a new I-9 form (employment eligibility verification) that must be completed when hiring new employees. Various documents have been removed and/or added to the lists of acceptable documents to be provided by employees to prove their identity and eligibility to work in the […]

Phoenix, Arizona – Nine lawyers from Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on […]