FOREIGN Labor Certification
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALIEN LABOR CERTIFICATION – ALC)
Role of the Connecticut Department of
Labor - FLC
The Connecticut Department of Labor, Foreign
Labor Certification Unit, collaborates with the U.S. Department
of Labor during the certification process for the follow
programs:
For H-2A Program – Temporary Foreign
Agricultural Workers:
- Conducts pre-occupancy inspections of migrant
housing.
- Coordinates the referral of workers to
H-2A
- Conducts agricultural surveys of
prevailing wages and practices.
- Prepares job orders filed in
connection with H-2A applications.
Forms are available through the federal link
below:
http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/form.cfm
Employers should submit a completed ETA Form
9142, a copy of the accepted ETA Form 790 and all attachments,
and all other required documentation to the Chicago National
Processing Center no less than 45 calendar days before the start
date of need to the following address:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Chicago National Processing Center
11 West Quincy Court
Chicago, IL 60604-2105
Fact sheet on filing H2A Job Orders:
https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/h_2a_filing_tips.pdf
For H-2B Program- Temporary
Non-Agricultural Foreign Labor
Forms are available through the federal link
below:
http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/form.cfm
Job Posting for H-2B
opening:
Prior to posting an
H-2B job order in Connecticut:
All job orders must comply
with the content requirements at 20CFR655.17. If you have any
questions, please contact the Foreign Labor Certification Unit
at (860) 263-6020.
*Please Note:
All H2B job applicants should apply through CTHires. Computers
are available in the American Job Centers for job seekers to use
to apply to these positions, if needed. A listing of American
Job Centers:
http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/ajc/FactSheets.htm
Fact
sheet on filing H-2B Job Orders:
https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/H-2B_2015_IFR_Factsheet_April_2015.pdf
H-2B Job order checklist:
https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/H-2B_Job_Order_Checklist.pdf
The U.S. Department of
Labor issues the labor certification:
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training
Administration has important information regarding the Foreign
Labor Certification process and forms. This information can be
accessed by clicking on the following link:
www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov.
Employers with questions on
either the H-2A or H-2B programs are encouraged to submit those
questions to the U.S. DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification
(OFLC) at the following email addresses.
Please send H-2A questions to
H-2A.Regulation@dol.gov
and H-2B questions to
H-2B.Regulation@dol.gov
Prevailing Wage Requests
Effective January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor
Certification National Prevailing Wage Center in Washington,
D.C. will receive and process prevailing wage determination
requests for use in the H-1B, H-1B1, (Chile/Singapore), H-1C,
H-2B, E3 (Australia), and permanent labor certification
programs.
All prevailing wage requests must be submitted by U.S. Mail or
comparable physical delivery service at the following address:
U.S. Department of Labor - ETA
National Prevailing Wage Center, Attn.
1341 G Street, NW, Suite 201
Washington, D.C. 20005-3105
If you have questions regarding a Prevailing
Wage Request, please email the National Prevailing Wage Center
at FLC.PWD@dol.gov.
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