Immigration Law

BALCA :: Layoffs :: Compaq

By David Carson

Compaq Decision.

“We find that a CO may decline to grant an RIR when an employer which has laid off numerous U.S. workers, limits its consideration of qualified workers to those in a localized facility, and does not address the potential availability of workers from other locations. Moreover, we find that a CO may decline to grant an RIR where an employer does not adequately explain why the laid off U.S. workers could not perform the main job duties.”

Full post as published by VisaMap :: Immigration Portal on September 03, 2003 (boomark / email).