The Department of Labor (DOL) has been auditing the process for submitting Labor Certifications, called Program Electronic Review Management (PERM). Of a reported more than 20,000 PERM petitions filed since October of last year, approximately 29 percent were chosen at random by the DOL for audit, and some 50 percent of the audited petitions were denied after review by the DOL. The DOL says that it plans to continue the auditing system, looking at 30 percent of petitions pulled at random, as part of a quality and integrity initiative.<\/p>\n
As part of the PERM petition, the sponsoring employer completes the recruitment information via an online system and is not required to provide supporting documentation proving that they ran recruitment postings or reviewed applications.\u00a0The concern by the DOL is that some petitioners may be filing PERM petitions without conducting actual posting and recruitment as required. The DOL has started randomly pulling PERM petitions (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Labor (DOL) has been auditing the process for submitting Labor Certifications, called Program Electronic Review Management (PERM). Of a reported more than 20,000 PERM petitions filed since October of last year, approximately 29 percent were chosen at…<\/span><\/p>\n