November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023
Under the PERM program, employers can sponsor immigrant workers to obtain green cards but those who use the program can’t discriminate in hiring based on citizenship or immigration status, DOJ said.
DOJ’s investigation found Apple didn’t post jobs it wanted to fill through PERM on its external job website, which the company typically does for other roles, and required all candidates to mail in their applications, despite permitting electronic submission for other positions. “These less effective recruitment practices deterred protected workers from applying to positions that Apple preferred to fill instead with PERM beneficiaries,” DOJ said.
DOJ previously targeted Facebook for favoring PERM hires over U.S. applicants. At the time, DOJ issued a warning: “Our message to all employers — including those in the technology sector — is clear: you cannot illegally prefer to recruit, consider or hire temporary visa holders over U.S. workers
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