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United States: DOL Postpones H-2B Prevailing Wage Rule
The Department of Labor will postpone a regulation to increase H-2B prevailing wages while a new federal lawsuit challenging the rule goes forward. DOL will not implement the rule until November 30, 2011. The agency is expected to formally announce the deferral in the Federal Register later this week. The effective date of the regulation... »
United States: Employers Report a Small Number of PERM Prevailing Wage Determinations
Since Tuesday, a handful of prevailing wage determinations have been issued for PERM labor certification cases, though the Department of Labor has not said whether it has resumed full-scale prevailing wage processing. Employers have begun to receive a very small number of Department of Labor (DOL) prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) for PERM labor certification... »
United States: DOL Prevailing Wage Determinations Remain on Hold for PERM and Other Cases
Officials of the Department of Labor suggested that the processing of prevailing wage determinations for non-H-2B cases may not resume until late September or beyond. The agency expects to provide concrete processing time estimates in the coming weeks. In a meeting with stakeholders from the business immigration community, Department of Labor (DOL) officials today... »
Untied States: DHS, DOL Agree to Avoid Worksite Investigation Conflicts
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor have formally agreed to collaborate in their worksite enforcement activities and to avoid undertaking conflicting civil investigations against a single employer. »
US: DOL Warns of More PERM Audits, Supervised Recruitment in the Future
Employers could see improved case processing but more frequent PERM audits and placement of labor certification cases into supervised recruitment, as the Department of Labor transitions to a new processing contractor. »
United States: More on What Employers Need to Know about the New DOL Prevailing Wage Process
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) formally announced on Friday December 4, 2009 that it is opening its national prevailing wage center in Washington, DC. DOL is opening the new center with the goal of centralizing prevailing wage determinations and providing more uniformity. However, employers have expressed a great deal of concern about... »
United States: DOL Publishes Notice on New Prevailing Wage Process
The Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing today in the Federal Register that it is opening its National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC) in Washington, DC and will begin centralized processing of prevailing wage determinations on January 1, 2010. The processing of prevailing wage determinations for the permanent labor certification program and for... »
US: DOL Scheduled to Centralize Prevailing Wage Determinations in 2010
DOL is scheduled to centralize the prevailing wage request process for the permanent labor certification program and for the H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant programs at a new processing center in Washington, DC beginning on January 1, 2010. Under the new, centralized process, prevailing wage requests will be submitted directly to the new national... »