Subject: July Newsletter from Blue Star Strategies
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IN THIS ISSUE

Temporary US Visitor Visas
Business and Human Rights
Equitable Origin Qualification
The Wage Gap and Overtime Pay Rules

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Temporary US Visitor Visas

By Jesica Lindgren, General Counsel, Blue Star Strategies

Increasingly, foreign nationals who want to visit the U.S. temporarily - for business,
to visit an ill relative, or for vacation - are unable to secure a U.S. visa. In
 some cases, their visa request is denied; in others, their existing visa is revoked.
 The applicant is typically seeking a B-1 (for business) and/or B-2 (for pleasure,
tourism and / or medical treatment).  And in the context of recent U.S. sanctions
on Russians and Venezuelans, foreign nationals must also be aware of the political
climate in which the U.S. visa process sits. This article presents a few key lessons
stemming from our experience with clients encountering temporary U.S. visitor visa
issues, with a more comprehensive note attached.

From the outset, applicants should be aware that the U.S. government views granting
a visa as a privilege, not a right.  Consular officers in U.S. embassies and consulates
exercise broad discretion during the visa process.  Therefore, the applicant needs
to follow the procedures, step-by-step, to ensure the application is presented properly
and supported with necessary documentation.
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Excerpt: "Drivers of Change - Key Constituents that drive the implementation of 
Business and Human Rights"

Blue Star wanted to include this excerpt from an upcoming chapter in a book on Business
and Human Rights by Blue Star Senior Advisor Barbara Shailor because of the many
 labor rights abuses that have come to light recently, from the Rohingya in Myanmar
to the workers on Thai fishing boats.  The below provides a look at the history 
of labor rights and makes the case an ongoing labor movement.

Worker organizations -- unions and new forms of worker mobilization - are central
forces in developing human rights and corporate accountability.

Untrammeled competition among businesses can lead to a race to the bottom.  Thus,
markets are always bounded by laws - to protect competition (anti-trust law), to
 enforce agreements (contract law), and to protect other social values (environmental,
consumer, and worker protection laws).

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Blue Star Strategies is now a Qualified Implementation Consultant for the EO100(TM)
Standard

Blue Star Strategies recently signed an MOU with Equitable Origin (EO) to become
 a Qualified Implementation Consultant for the EO100(TM) Standard.  Equitable Origin's
mission is to promote best practices and responsible energy development so as to
 reduce the social and environmental impact of energy development operations.

EO developed a voluntary independent certification process whereby production sites
are certified in internationally-recognized standards related to: corporate governance,
accountability and ethics; human rights, social impact, and community development;
fair labor and working conditions; indigenous peoples' rights; and climate change,
biodiversity and the environment.

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Shrinking the Wage Gap and the Proposed Overtime Pay Rules

In the recent Women's World Cup the US Women's Soccer Team won a dramatic 5-2 victory
over Japan.   The game drew record-breaking viewership, not only in terms of women's
sports, but in terms of men's - with 25.4 million viewers.  In other words, more
 people watched Women's final in the US than watched the Stanley Cup Finals and 
Game Six of the NBA Finals.

Following the victory another interesting piece of data emerged; the US Women were
paid $2 million each for winning.  Compare this with the winners of the most recent
Men's World Cup, Germany, who took home $35 million each, and the US Men who received
$8 million for reaching the round of 16.

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