Labor Dept. Announces Revisions To H-1B, H-1B1, And E-3 Forms, Comment Period
Pursuant to the Secretary of Labor’s June 6, 2017, news
release calling for proposed form changes “to better protect
American workers, confront fraud, and increase transparency,”
the Department of Labor has published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register announcing its intent to revise its
information collection for the H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 programs.
The revisions include the Labor Condition Application for
Nonimmigrant Workers (LCA) Form ETA 9035/9035E (electronic), Form
ETA 9035CP accompanying instructions, a new Appendix for the Form
ETA 9035/9035E, and the Wage and Hour Division’s WH-4
Nonimmigrant Worker Information Form collection.
The Department says it seeks revisions to the Form 9035/9035E
and Form 9035CP Instructions to “streamline parts of the
current information collection to assist the regulated community
with form completion; provide greater clarity of existing employer
obligations under the programs; and promote greater program
transparency by collecting additional information on the employment
of temporary nonimmigrant workers by U.S. employers.” The
Department also seeks revisions to the WH-4 “to provide the
form in a LIVECYCLE document to improve accessibility and
compliance” with the Rehabilitation Act and the Workforce
Investment Act; to “assist the regulated community with form
completion”; and to “collect additional information to
facilitate complainant communication for the enforcement of Forms
9035 and 9035E.”
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