1. USADWEB Attends 2009 AILA Annual Conference
Stop by our booth at this year's AILA Annual Conference, June 3-6 in Las Vegas! We'll be at booth #309, conveniently located next to AILA Central. You’ll see us when you enter the left side exhibit hall entrance.
As always, our service will save you time and money. We do a media search and provide a comprehensive quote for your ad campaign for FREE! USADWEB has been in business for almost a decade, so you can trust that we have the cutting edge knowledge to meet all of your needs within your clients’ critical time constraints.
While you’re at our booth, enter our raffle to take home a brand new 16GB iPod nano! Better yet, refer a friend or colleague to our service, and when they place their first case with us, your name is entered into the Referral Rewards Raffle to win great prizes. Get your exhibit hall passport stamped to win fun AILA giveaways!
Are you new to our service? Ask about our FREE SWA job order placement with your first advertising order.
Have you used our service before? We would love to discuss your future advertising needs, and to hear valuable feedback about your experience with us. We are not satisfied until all of your needs are met!
2. Alternative Wage Surveys
It is the responsibility of the State Workforce Agency (SWA) to determine the prevailing wage for a position based upon a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) wage component program. However, an employer always has the option to submit an alternative wage survey for consideration. This can be done if the job opportunity is not covered by a CBA, or if the employer disagrees with the prevailing wage set by the SWA.
The employer may submit the alternate survey either initially, or after the SWA issues its determination, in which case it would be considered a new prevailing wage request. The employer is required to provide adequate information regarding the survey methodology, i.e. sample size and selection, and survey job descriptions, so that the SWA can determine the appropriateness of the survey.
Furthermore, the survey must be based upon recently collected data. Surveys conducted by the employer must be based on data collected within 24 months of the date they are submitted to the SWA. Published surveys must have been published within 24 months of the date of submission to the SWA.
SWAs have previously accepted published surveys from:
- Watson Wyatt
- NACE Salary Survey
- ERI Salary Assessor
USADWEB provides the service of obtaining alternative wage surveys for your cases. If your client is not satisfied with their prevailing wage determination, contact an ad representative to learn how we can help you.
3. Further Clarification on Sunday Advertisements
We often hear the following two questions from clients:
1. Must my Sunday advertisements be consecutive?
To answer this question, we researched the Department of Labor (DOL) PERM FAQs. In the section relating to the sequencing of ads, it states that "the two Sunday advertisements must be placed on two different Sundays which may be consecutive." This implies that the employer has the option, but is not required, to publish the ads on consecutive Sundays. Occasionally, newspapers offer price discounts for consecutive publication, such as the Super Sundays specials offered by the New York Times. We keep you abreast of these deals through our NewsFlash as we learn of them.
2. Can I run advertisements on holiday weekends?
To answer this question, we researched the DOL's Federal Register and found no mention of any requirement to avoid specific publication dates. Although previous law processes may have prevented holiday advertisements, the PERM regulations seem to be silent on this topic. As an agency, we observe varying preferences from our clients. Our goal is to meet your individual needs and preferences in all aspects of the advertising process.
About
USADWEB
USADWEB,
LLC. is an innovative advertising agency that understands the immigration needs of companies placing recruitment advertising for labor certification cases in PERM, supervised recruitment, and H2B processes. For more
than half a decade, we have helped law offices
and companies all over the United States meet the Department of
Labor's recruiting requirements. Take advantage of our expertise and
relationships with publications throughout the country. Our
knowledgeable staff has experience placing all forms of recruitment:
newspapers, periodicals, journals, internet job search postings,
campus recruitment, radio ads, and more. Contact a representative
for more information on placing your ads today!
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