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To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Foster has been exercising physical distancing according to health agency guidelines, utilizing video and audio capabilities in place of in-person meetings and relying on our remote work technologies for a large percentage of our employees. In accordance with the Harris County Stay-At-Home-Work-Safe Order […]

Effective midnight on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day lockdown requiring all 1.3 billion people estimated to reside in India to stay inside their homes.  Indian authorities had already grounded all domestic flights beginning the day before on Monday, March 23, 2020. Below please […]

On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that documents presented by employees in connection with the Form I-9 can be reviewed remotely (e.g. via video link, fax, or e-mail, etc.) under certain circumstances for employers with employees taking physical proximity precautions due to COVID-19. This temporary […]

On Friday, March 20, 2020, the governments of the United States, Canada and Mexico announced joint initiatives to restrict non-essential cross-border traffic.   The US-Canada and US-Mexico borders will be closed to non-essential traffic effective Saturday, March 21, 2020, for a 30-day period.  Non-essential traffic includes traffic for tourism or […]