Bob White was Quoted in a Bloomberg Law Article "Employers Seeking Visas May Tangle With Labor Dept. Over Wages"
Key Takeaways:
- Uptick in Labor Dept. investigations overall, but extent depends on region, investigator
- Outside seven Midwest states in Eighth Circuit region, agency still launches full investigations of visa practices after single wage complaint
- DOL enforcement strategies likely to change over next year as political appointees get settled
Employers focused on getting their skilled guestworker visa petitions approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could face another obstacle: the Labor Department.
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