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Since 2005, when the PERM Rule went into effect, employers have
been informed by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC)
that adequate recruitment for U.S. workers requires two Sunday ads
in a newspaper of large circulation and a thirty-day job order in
the state workforce agency.
Some positions require three extra recruitment steps if they are
classified as professional. To this end, the PERM Rule s
Appendix A lists occupations deemed professional in order to
provide employers with certainty as to whether their job offers are
PERM Professionals: Beware the Crosswalk
USA
December 22 2020
Since 2005, when the PERM Rule went into effect, employers have been informed by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) that adequate recruitment for U.S. workers requires two Sunday ads in a newspaper of large circulation and a thirty-day job order in the state workforce agency.
Some positions require three extra recruitment steps if they are classified as professional. To this end, the PERM Rule’s Appendix A lists occupations deemed professional in order to provide employers with certainty as to whether their job offers are professional or not.
Electronic review of labor certification applications is the cornerstone of PERM, and bright line tests offer consistency and efficiency for rapid agency review of PERM applications.
On the morning of Sept. 15, 2018, 40 farmworkers at Riggs Brothers Farm stood up out of bed into water. Hurricane Florence made landfall in eastern North Carolina the night before, and they were waiting out the storm in their labor camp in Jones County. They scrambled to grab their belongings and waded out the door into waist-high water before spending hours calling 911 and farmworker advocates. Their boss, farm owner Randy Riggs, never showed up.
To rescue them, attorneys and the U.S. Department of Labor had to intervene. When someone finally opened the door, water rushed in even higher, said one worker, Romero, who asked to use an alias to protect his identity because he fears retaliation from his employers. The refrigerator and appliances started floating.
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Farm and poultry workers gathered near the State Capitol building on Nov. 5, urging state officials to set stricter COVID-19 rules for their workplace.
Esmeralda Dominguez moved to the United States from Tamaulipas, Mexico ten years ago. Back home, she was a school teacher, but in order to support her then-growing family, she worked at a cucumber farm in eastern North Carolina.
“The shifts are long and grueling. You can barely take breaks,” Dominguez said. “During peak seasons, you have to work overtime. It’s really harsh”
Dominguez says that even when working overtime, agricultural and meatpacking workers can barely get by. She and some of her coworkers relied on organizations like the Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry to make ends meet.