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Authored by Gammage & Burnham attorneys Rubi Bujanda and Richard Mahrle.

On Friday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced a new version of the Form I-9. Among other changes, the new version has been condensed and comes with clearer instructions. Employers can start using the new version of the Form I-9 as early as August 1, 2023. For employers that need more time to update their processes, the 2019 version of the Form I-9 can be used until October 31, 2023.

USCIS also now permits employers enrolled in good standing in E-Verify to remotely examine employee’s documents via live video.

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Gammage & Burnham is pleased to announce that Phoenix Partner Heather J. Boysel has been named as one of AZ Business Magazine’s Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2023.

The Most Influential Women in Arizona Business of 2023 were chosen from a field of more than 1,900 women under consideration. An editorial board that consists of 12 former Most Influential Women selected the honorees based on qualities that have defined Arizona’s most accomplished leaders, including fearlessness, leadership and innovation.

Heather served as the Managing Partner for Gammage & Burnham for more than four years.

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Authored by Gammage & Burnham attorneys Rubi Bujanda and Richard Mahrle.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) goes in effect this Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The PWFA requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the PWFA uses the same definition of reasonable accommodation and does not require that employers provide accommodations that cause an undue hardship. Like with the ADA, covered employers must participate in the interactive process if they receive an accommodation request from a pregnant worker.

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Authored by Kyle Stenseth, with contributions from Michael Pearce, Grady Gammage, Jr, and Stephen Anderson.

What Happened:

On June 1, 2023, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (“ADWR”) released a new groundwater model for the Phoenix Active Management Area (“AMA”) through ADWR’s Assured Water Supply (“AWS”) program.  The model covers the Hassayampa and East and West Salt River Valley sub-basins of the AMA, which captures most of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.  The model projects that at the end of a 100-year projection period—in the year 2123—four percent (4%) of the total simulated groundwater demand in the sub-basins will be unmet.

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