The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has announced plans to revise the permanent labor certification (PERM) process in an effort to streamline the program, ...

To hire a foreign worker on a permanent basis, the most common pathway for employers to sponsor an employee for a Green Card is through obtaining a permanent Labor Certification from the U.S.

It is possible for the university to obtain permanent residency (“green card”) for an international teaching faculty through the Special Handling Labor Certification process. In this process, the U.S.

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that ...

The DOL's permanent electronic review management program in its final form differs significantly from the proposed regulations published in Volume 67 of the Federal Register in May 2002, and it's ...

Applications for Permanent Labor Certification face intense scrutiny and increased audits and denials by the Department of Labor. Recent decisions on appeal highlight the importance of exactness in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. The Department of Labor has created chaos for employers by ...