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Employers should be aware of new regulations imposed by the US Department of Labor affecting permanent labor certification applications by certain employers.

The Labor Department announced in late July that it has begun stricter control of all pending permanent labor certification applications filed by (more…)

Employers should be aware that the U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a new audit of permanent labor certification applications. The department is initially targeting employers who used the law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. The DOL has uncovered evidence of improprieties in a number of cases involving this firm. As a result, they are scrutinizing every visa the firm has been involved in.

According to sources at the US DOL who prefer not to be named, (more…)

The US Department of Labor proposed new rules in May to modernize the application process for H2B visas. The DOL says that the new procedures will enhance worker protection under the temporary labor certification program.  The public can comment on the changes until July 7.

In one of the most important changes, employers would be prohibited from passing on application and other related costs to foreign workers in the H2B program. These changes are just the latest step in the department’s program to renew and update foreign worker program regulations at all levels, which began in August 2007.

“These proposed improvements will give the department additional tools to protect workers and remove duplicative bureaucracy,” said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.

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