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 .
Cora-Ann Pestaina, Apr. 24, 2017 - "The employer’s review of resumes received from applicants continues to be one of the trickiest issues in the PERM labor certification process. The process might seem straightforward enough because, after all, employers filing...
OFLC, Mar. 31, 2017 - ETA Announces PERM Case Management System Enhancement to Streamline PERM Processes for Employers: Electronic Submission of Supporting Documentation "ETA has implemented a new enhancement to the PERM Case Management System (CMS) related...
OFLC, Mar. 10, 2017 - "In light of stakeholder input, which the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is considering, OFLC has temporarily removed from its website PERM FAQ Round 14 regarding Actual Minimum Requirements, originally published on March...
DOL, Mar. 6, 2017 - "The new guidance will be applicable to all applications filed on or after March 20, 2017."
Matter of Lee Johnson Capital Mgmt., LLC, Dec. 21, 2016 - "We find that the Employer‟s duties for the position of Senior Quantitative Analyst are most similar to the tasks provided in SOC code 13-2099.01, Financial Quantitative Analysts. The supervisory duties...
Matter of Smartzip Analytics, Nov. 9, 2016 - "We recognize that the issue in this case differs from the issue in Apple; however, much of the panel‟s reasoning applies to the facts in this case. Here, the CO found that because the Employer did not indicate...