Posts Tagged ‘Department of Labor’
Update on Labor Certification: More Scrutiny by DOL?
The Department of Labor has announced in its annual performance report that it will apply stricter scrutiny to all labor certification applications. The electronic PERM application will be revised once it expires in June 2011, and presumably the form will become longer, more exacting and more complicated. Whether or not audits will increase is unclear, but it stands to reason that they may. Perhaps the recent quick PERM adjudications will soon be a thing of the past. As if that isn’t enough bad news for one day, DOL also intends to propose a new PERM filing fee payable by the employer.
Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, ETA 9089, green card, immigration, labor certification, PERM
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Poetic Justice
The following is a true “only in America” story. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently recovered more than $1.4 million in back wages for 237 workers of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Vermont Service Center. Apparently, the workers were misclassified and not paid the prevailing wage as required. Perhaps DOL should seize the momentum and conduct an audit of other government worksites. Maybe some unannounced visits to other service centers are in order. Yes, this one does give me a great big chuckle.
Tags: back wages, Department of Labor, DOL, service center, USCIS
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