08/25/2011: OFLC Start Issuing PERM Prevailing Wage Determination
Reportedly, the OFLC focused on H-2B wage redetermation and determination to
comply with the federal court order, and had to set aside other cases
including PERM prevailing wage determination and PERM applications
processing. It disclosed at the stakeholders' meeting on 08/18/2011 that
catch-up with the H-2B cases would be completed before September 30, 2011
and it will refocus on other cases including the PERM prevailing wage
determination and PERM applications. Considering the fact that it has just
started issuing the prevailing wage determination for PERM cases, the agency
may try to catch up with backlog cases of PERM prevailing wage
determination and PERM applications. Without doubt, the catch-up work may
take time, but in a way it is good news that the pipeline has restarted
producing these cases.