Mark A Ivener, A Law Corporation

Category: BALCA


BALCA Holds That Institutions of Higher Education Need Not Include Other Types of Entities in Wage Surveys

In Matter of University of Michigan, 2015-PWD-00006 (Nov. 18, 2015), the Department of Labor’s Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) ruled in favor of an employer, the University of Michigan, that argued its wage survey of institutions of higher education was sufficient in determining the prevailing wage for a Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst. The… Read More

BALCA Affirms Denial of Labor Cert for Technical Violation in Supervised Recruitment

In Matter of JP Morgan Chase & Co. (see Decision 2011-PER-00635), the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) upheld the denial of a labor certification application filed by JP Morgan Chase for a vice president of mergers and acquisition because the company noted that addresses of applicants were included in their resumes instead of… Read More