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Announcements
March 11, 2025. Reminder Notice: Deletion of Records from FLAG
The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), record deletion program will begin at 12:00 mid-night on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Programs Affected
The following OFLC programs will be impacted by this implementation:
- Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWD)
- Permanent Labor Certification Applications (PERM)
- Temporary Labor Certification Applications (H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 visas)
- Temporary Labor Condition Applications (H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visas)
If you have cases older than five (5) years from the date of final determination within the FLAG system, please remember to download these cases no later than March 19, 2025.
March 4th, 2025. OFLC Announces Webinar on March 19, 2025, to Provide Technical Assistance to Stakeholders on the Process for Filing CW-1 Applications for Employment in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification invites interested stakeholders to participate in a webinar that provides technical assistance and helpful tips for preparing the CW-1 Application for Prevailing Wage Determination (Form ETA-9141C), the Application for Temporary Employment Certification (Form ETA-9142C), the CW-1 Job Vacancy Announcement, and recruitment reports. The webinar also will cover some of the most pressing and common post-filing issues employers encounter.
Meeting Details:
March 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | 1 hr / March 20, 2025, 9:00AM | (UTC+10:00) Chamorro Standard Time | 1 hr
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February 14, 2025. OFLC Releases Public Disclosure Data and Selected Program Statistics for Q1 of Fiscal Year 2024
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released a comprehensive set of public disclosure data (through the first quarter of fiscal year 2025) drawn from employer applications requesting prevailing wage determinations and labor certifications for the PERM, LCA (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3), H-2A, H-2B, CW-1, and Prevailing Wage programs.
Please Note: OFLC recently implemented the revised form ETA-9089. As a result, there will be two distinct PERM disclosure data files. These files will each have their own record layout documents.
The public disclosure files include all final determinations OFLC issued for these programs during the October 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 reporting period of fiscal year 2025.
OFLC has also released selected program statistics for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 for the PERM, LCA (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3), H-2A, H-2B, CW-1, and Prevailing Wage programs.
- View the public disclosure files and corresponding record layouts containing detailed descriptions of each available data element.
- View the selected program statistics containing key program information.
February 14, 2025. OFLC Releases the H-2B Foreign Labor Recruiter List for Q1 of Fiscal Year 2025
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has published an updated list of the names of foreign labor recruiters for the H-2B program as required by 20 CFR 655.9(c).
The list contains the name and location of persons or entities identified on Appendix C of the Form ETA-9142B that were hired by, or working for, the recruiter that employers have indicated they engaged, or planned to engage, in the recruitment of prospective H-2B workers to perform the work described on their H-2B application.
The H-2B Foreign Labor Recruiter List includes only those names and locations associated with H-2B applications that were processed or issued a final decision during the October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
By publishing the foreign labor recruiter list, OFLC is ensuring greater transparency for the H-2B worker recruitment process and facilitating information sharing between the U.S. Department of Labor and other agencies.
February 14, 2025: Notice to Stakeholders regarding aligning record retention activities with regulatory requirements established by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is providing notice that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will be aligning record retention activities with regulatory requirements established by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (36 CFR 1220.2), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the approved Record Control Schedule DAA-0369-2022-0001. OFLC is providing public notice regarding its implementation of the approved Record Control Schedule which requires the deletion of records within Foreign Labor Access Gateway (FLAG) that are older than five (5) years from the final determination date.
Programs Affected
The following OFLC programs will be impacted by this implementation:
- Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWD)
- Permanent Labor Certification Applications (PERM)
- Temporary Labor Certification Applications (H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 visas)
- Temporary Labor Condition Applications (H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visas)
Deletion Schedule
Implementation of the approved Record Control Schedule will begin on and after Thursday, March 20, 2025. Deletions of eligible case records will be based on the final determination date recorded in the FLAG System of each case. For example, cases with a final determination date of March 21, 2020, will be deleted on March 21, 2025.
Stakeholder Action Required
If you have case records in FLAG older than five years from the final determination date that you would like to retain, please ensure that they are downloaded no later than March 20, 2025.
Additional Information
The NARA Records Schedule provides mandatory (disposition instructions) for managing agency records. Records classified as “permanent” due to historical value are transferred to the National Archives of the United States at the end of their retention period. All other records are classified as “temporary” and will be destroyed in accordance with the NARA Records Schedule or the Record Control Schedule DAA-0369-2022-0001.
Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Program Records
POC: OFLC Info Management OFLCInfoManagement@dol.gov
January 6, 2025. OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers Seeking H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2025
To keep the public informed regarding the submission and assignment of H-2B applications for review, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published the assignment group(s) for 8,759 H-2B applications covering 149,953 worker positions with the start date of work of April 1, 2025.
Following the randomization procedures published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019, OFLC completed the randomization process on January 4 and assigned to National Processing Center analysts all H-2B applications placed in Assignment Group A for issuance of Notices of Deficiency or Acceptance. Group A includes enough worker positions to reach the H-2B semi-annual visa allotment of 33,000.
On January 4, 2025, OFLC provided written notice to each employer (and the employer's authorized attorney or agent) informing them about the Assignment Group for their application(s).
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