Trump Admin Brings Rule for Significant Hike in Minimum Wage for H-1B Workers
This is part of the efforts to protect American workers from being undercut by cheaper labour from abroad.
US President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One at Valley International Airport after visiting the US-Mexico border wall, in Harlingen, Texas, January 12, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria
Washington: The Trump administration has announced a final rule that will significantly raise the minimum wages the employers in the US must pay to foreign workers on visa programmes like the H-1B as part of the efforts to protect American workers from being undercut by cheaper labour from abroad.
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Since 2005, when the PERM Rule went into effect, employers have
been informed by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC)
that adequate recruitment for U.S. workers requires two Sunday ads
in a newspaper of large circulation and a thirty-day job order in
the state workforce agency.
Some positions require three extra recruitment steps if they are
classified as professional. To this end, the PERM Rule s
Appendix A lists occupations deemed professional in order to
provide employers with certainty as to whether their job offers are
PERM Professionals: Beware the Crosswalk
USA
December 22 2020
Since 2005, when the PERM Rule went into effect, employers have been informed by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) that adequate recruitment for U.S. workers requires two Sunday ads in a newspaper of large circulation and a thirty-day job order in the state workforce agency.
Some positions require three extra recruitment steps if they are classified as professional. To this end, the PERM Rule’s Appendix A lists occupations deemed professional in order to provide employers with certainty as to whether their job offers are professional or not.
Electronic review of labor certification applications is the cornerstone of PERM, and bright line tests offer consistency and efficiency for rapid agency review of PERM applications.