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DOL Labor Certification Registry Goes Live

From Fragomen.com, 07/01/2013

The Department of Labor today launched the Labor Certification Registry, an online database that makes certified PERMs, labor condition applications (LCAs) and other labor certifications easily accessible to the public. 

The database, which was announced earlier this year, will make LCA, PERM and H-2A/H-2B labor certification records publicly available within two business days of certification, though the posting of H-1B LCAs has been delayed until July 15, 2013. The registry also contains all LCAs and PERMs certified since April 15, 2009. 

The registry's PERM records give users nearly complete access to information about jobs for which labor certification is sought, including job titles and descriptions, requirements, wages and recruitment, as well as employer contact, signatory and attorney information. Only the employer’s FEIN and the foreign national’s name and other personally identifiable information are redacted. LCA are fully viewable, with only employer FEINs redacted. 

DOL has made PERM and LCA case data available in the past, but the new registry contains far more information than had been disclosed previously.

Labor Department Set to Unveil Public Database of PERMs and LCAs on July 1

From Fragomen.com, 06/24/2013

On July 1, the U.S. Department of Labor will launch a searchable online registry of PERM and labor condition applications (LCAs) that will make employer sponsorship information more quickly and easily accessible to the public. The database, which was announced earlier this year, will contain information on PERMs and LCAs certified since April 15, 2009. 

The new registry will appear on the agency’s iCERT portal. Data on new PERMs and LCAs are expected to be available for public viewing within two business days of certification. The information will reportedly be available in a variety of formats, including PDF copies of certified cases and a searchable database. DOL plans to redact certain information from public disclosure, including the names of foreign workers and employer FEIN numbers, but the full extent of the redaction will not be known until the database goes live. 

Currently, DOL discloses some PERM and LCA case data in quarterly reports to the public, though disclosure is limited to basic details of the employer and offered position.