Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2023 SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s (Department or DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is considering revisions to Schedule A of the permanent labor certification process to...
DOJ, Nov. 9, 2023 "The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a landmark agreement with Apple Inc. (Apple) to resolve allegations that Apple illegally discriminated in hiring and recruitment against U.S. citizens and certain non-U.S. citizens...
OFLC, May 26, 2023 1. OFLC announces case submission for the Form ETA 9089 for PERM in FLAG on June 1, 2023 OFLC previously announced a delay to the date on which it will transition PERM submission and processing to the Foreign Labor Application Gateway ...
OFLC, May 11, 2023 "Following up on the announcements of April 21, April 27, May 1, and May 8, 2023, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is postponing the date for filers to begin submitting the new, revised applications for permanent employment...
OFLC, Apr. 14, 2023 " OFLC is posting an announcement regarding recent permanent labor certification applications that were denied where the employer did not explicitly answer the question in field H.10-B. OFLC has thoroughly reviewed past and current...
1. OFLC Announces Technical Webinar on April 20, 2023, to Provide Stakeholders an Update to the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) Program Modernization Process The Office of Foreign Labor Certification will host an instructional webinar to provide a technical...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Nov. 1, 2021 "On October 19, 2021, the U.S. DOJ and DOL announced that they had reached separate settlement agreements with Facebook regarding the company’s purportedly discriminatory PERM labor certification practices. These...
DOJ, Oct. 19, 2021 "The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Labor today announced separate settlement agreements with Facebook regarding its use of the permanent labor certification program (PERM). The Justice Department’s settlement resolves...
Cyrus Mehta & Sophia Genovese, Nov. 6, 2018 - "PERM labor certification operates outside of the realm of typical real world recruitment efforts. Whereas employers in the real world normally look to hire the most qualified applicant, PERM requires employers...
"For PERM practitioners, what is the practical take away lesson from Symantec? Does the fact that 656.17(f) does not apply to the additional forms of recruitment mean that these additional forms of recruitment can indeed contain job requirements or duties...
" The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has added a new question and answer (Q&A) to its frequently asked questions (FAQ). The new Q&A concerns notification and consideration of laid-off U.S. workers for PERM labor...
"We continue to analyze the provisions of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, s. 744 (BSEOIMA), which seeks to bring about dramatic changes to the existing immigration system in the United States. One of...
Angelo A. Paparelli, Jan. 13, 2013 - "Blogger’s note: Today’s guest blog is by my friend and scholarly colleague, Nathan Waxman . Nathan revisits an issue he first considered eight years ago in this space when he bemoaned the increasingly poor quality of...
"The requirement to secure a DOL labor certification as a prerequisite to an employment-based green card was established by Congress to protect U.S. workers. Yet, ironically, the Department charged with the duty to protect U.S. workers and certify...
DOL, Aug. 24, 2022 - OFLC Announces the awarding of an investment from the Technology Modernization Fund to develop a new Permanent Labor Certification Program "To keep the public informed regarding the development and modernization of the Department of...