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...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Isabel Rajabzadeh, July 19, 2021 "The Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) is a federal statistical standard used by federal agencies to classify workers into occupational categories. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) coordinates...
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 - "In this final rule, the Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) adopts with changes an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that amended Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regulations governing...
DOJ, Dec. 3, 2020 Here is the press release, and here is the complaint. Yes, it's a complaint, not a lawsuit. Lawsuits are filed in courts. This is a complaint filed with the OCAHO, an administrative tribunal. PERM experts and H-1B experts, weigh in ...
OFLC, June 16, 2020 " OFLC Announces Extension of Issuance of Electronic PERM Labor Certifications Through September 30, 2020. On March 25, 2020, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) informed stakeholders that the Atlanta National Processing...
Matter of Lenora Systems "These cases involve application of the “Mailbox Rule” and just when an email is deemed to have been received. ... In denying the Applications based on the Employer’s failure to respond to the audit notification letters, the CO invokes...
OFLC, May 13-16, 2019 "May 16 - As part of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s (OFLC) ongoing efforts to increase public outreach and technical assistance to the stakeholder community, OFLC is making available a series of presentations developed...
Cora-Ann Pestaina, Aug. 22, 2017 - "As PERM practitioners, we are all familiar with Department of Labor’s (DOL) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Going as far back as 2005, the year of the inception of the PERM program, there have been various rounds of DOL...
OFLC - "The PERM Webinar presentation, hosted on August 16, 2017, is posted under the PERM Webinars link on the Office of Foreign Labor Certification's Permanent Labor Certification Program web page. To access this page, please click here .