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DOL Publishes Final Rule on Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A Agricultural Employment

12 years ago By Editor
  • [Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 69541-69543]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2013-27693]

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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

    Employment and Training Administration

    20 CFR Part 655

    RIN 1205-AB65

    Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A
    Agricultural Employment

OFLC's National Prevailing Wage Center Will Accept Wage Source Changes to PWD Requests in H-2Bs

12 years ago By Editor

The NPWC is experiencing an unprecedented number of prevailing wage determination requests (PWDRs) for H-2B labor certifications, many of which include surveys. The lingering effect of the government shutdown, coupled with the complexity of reviewing new surveys, has resulted in increasing wait times for PWDs with survey requests. Employers' needs may not be able to accommodate the longer processing times, although the NPWC is working to reduce the processing time of these surveys as quickly as possible.

New 2014 H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates

12 years ago By Chief Editor

The Department has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing new Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for each state, based on the Farm Labor Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The AEWRs are the minimum hourly wage rates the Department has determined must be offered and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment for a particular agricultural job and area, so that the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers will not be adversely affected.

USCIS Announces 63 Countries Eligible to Participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

12 years ago By Chief Editor

USCIS announced the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, has added Austria, Italy, Panama, and Thailand to the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs for the coming year.

Click here for the list of 63 countries

H-1B Approved after Denial

12 years ago By Chief Editor

Our office was retained to process an H-1 Change of Status petition for a Quality Assurance Engineer working on a turnkey project owned by a middle vendor at a client location.  We explained to USCIS that the end-client was infact the vendor, who “owned” the project.  USCIS denied the petition, holdingthat we had failed to obtain proper documentation from the end-client.  We filed an MTR with extensive arguments and evidence that the petitioner was the actual employer of the beneficiary and that the vendor, not the end-client, owned the project. 

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