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United States: More on What Employers Need to Know about the New DOL Prevailing Wage Process
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) formally announced on Friday December 4, 2009 that it is opening its national prevailing wage center in Washington, DC. DOL is opening the new center with the goal of centralizing prevailing wage determinations and providing more uniformity. However, employers have expressed a great deal of concern about... »
United States: DOL Publishes Notice on New Prevailing Wage Process
The Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing today in the Federal Register that it is opening its National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC) in Washington, DC and will begin centralized processing of prevailing wage determinations on January 1, 2010. The processing of prevailing wage determinations for the permanent labor certification program and for... »
US: DOL Scheduled to Centralize Prevailing Wage Determinations in 2010
DOL is scheduled to centralize the prevailing wage request process for the permanent labor certification program and for the H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant programs at a new processing center in Washington, DC beginning on January 1, 2010. Under the new, centralized process, prevailing wage requests will be submitted directly to the new national... »