Recent Updates

The Department of Homeland Security recently announced that Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation will expire on Aug.  3, 2025 rather than the previously scheduled expiration date of Feb.  3, 2026.  

Importantly, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also  announced that it will  not provide updated Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with the new Aug. 3, 2025, expiration date.  USCIS instructs employers to enter the amended expiration date of Aug. 3, 2025, in the Additional Information field in Section 2 of the Form I-9 and initial and date the correction.

On March 31, 2025, a federal court issued a nationwide order blocking the decision to terminate the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela. The net effect of the order is to reinstate the Jan. 17, 2025 notice that extended the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela to Oct. 2, 2026. The order will remain in effect while a decision from the court on the merits of the underlying legal action remains pending. The government could choose to appeal the order.

ADP® will continue to monitor and communicate any future related developments.

Missouri voters have approved a ballot initiative, Proposition A, which requires all employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. Proposition A will take effect on May 1, 2025.

New York enacted legislation (Assembly Bill A8947C), which added workplace violence prevention requirements for employers. New York has also enacted legislation (Senate Bill S740), to help clarify these requirements. The laws’ workplace violence prevention policy and training requirements take effect on June 2, 2025 and the silence response button (SRB) requirements take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.