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Skilled Workers
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HR Defense
Immigration Laws Impacting the Workplace
The H-1B visa program has been one of the most successful programs in U.S. immigration history, allowing for U.S. entities to hire and place highly skilled workers, holding at least…
Global Workplace Insider
Pénurie de travailleurs spécialisés au Québec : Le Ministère de l’immigration, de la diversité et de l’inclusion met à jour sa liste des professions en demande dans la province
Depuis 2012, le Ministère de l’immigration, de la diversité et de l’inclusion (MIDI) publie annuellement une liste des professions spécialisées en demande dans la province. Les employeurs désirant embaucher des…
Employment Law Worldview
May Day! Is Theresa putting British business in peril?
By Annabel Mace
With the general election rapidly approaching, Home Secretary Theresa May is clearly still under pressure to reduce net migration in the hope of retaining the populist vote under threat from…
Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Blogs
Blog Posting: Express Entry Program
Over the past month, the federal government has revealed further details regarding the Express Entry Program. Essentially the Program will be a catchall for the remaining Economic Classes including the…
Workforce Bulletin
DHS Issues Proposed Rules to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Foreign Workers
Our colleagues in the Immigration Law Group at Epstein Becker Green (Robert Groban Jr., Pierre Georges Bonnefil, Patrick Brady, Jang Hyuk Im, and Greta Ravitsky) have prepared a client alert…
ImmigrationProf Blog
High-Skilled Workers and Twenty-First Century Innovation: H-1B Program’s Impact on Wages, Jobs, and the Economy
Today, the American Immigration Council released, High-Skilled Workers and Twenty-First Century Innovation: H-1B Program’s Impact on Wages, Jobs, and the Economy. Every year, U.S. employers seeking highly skilled foreign professionals…
Inside Business Immigration
South Korea: Across the Board Immigration Fee Increases Beginning January 2014
For employers sending skilled workers to South Korea, please note that fees for immigration related services and applications, including visas, have increased for the first time since 1998. The new…
Employment Law Worldview
Is Britain kicking out bright foreigners?
In a thought provoking comment by James Dyson in the Financial Times on 2 February 2014 titled “Stop kicking out bright foreigners, or put British jobs at risk”, we are…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants and Canada’s Workforce Development System
In Immigrants and Canada’s Workforce Development System, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) researchers Karen Myers and Natalie Conte examine Canada’s province-led workforce development policy, asking how effectively both targeted…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Top 5 Skills American Companies are Looking to Import
In the first days of President Obama's second term, immigration has taken center stage in the political arena. The Republican "Gang of 8" senators, led by Orrin Hatch of Utah,…