What Happened
Overhaul Of Labor Market Test For Green Card Sponsorship
The US Department of Labor plans to overhaul the labor market test required for businesses to sponsor foreign workers for green cards, as part of a broader effort to address abuses of the H-1B visa program. The proposal is one of dozens included in the administration’s new rulemaking blueprint, which aims to reform the permanent labor certification process. The move is part of a larger crackdown on what the government sees as abuses of the H-1B program, and follows previous changes to the annual visa lottery and draft regulations to increase wage floors for H-1B workers. This development was first reported by Bloomberg Law.