DOL Publishes Final Version of H-1B Wage Rule with Modifications from Initial IFR

The Department of Labor (DOL) has published its Final Rule increasing H-1B and PERM wage minimums, which it previously published as an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on October 8, 2020, and which was subsequently vacated by a U.S. District Court on December 1, 2020. The Final Rule revises numerous aspects of the initial IRF, including adjusting the new wage minimums to levels slightly lower than the initial IFR. In addition, the Final Rule has a transition period for when the new wage requirements will be phased on as well as include special adjustments for certain H-1B workers who are the beneficiaries of approved I-140 petitions.

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