US Labor Department suspends Microsoft and Adobe from permanent labor certification program
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The U.S. Department of Labor has suspended Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program, which is used in green card sponsorship, citing multiple active federal investigations into the two companies.
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling also said the department will no longer accept or process new applications under the program from Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL.
The action is part of the Trump administration's broader scrutiny of immigration and foreign hiring programs. Microsoft responded that the vast majority of its U.S. employees are Americans and that 80% of its roughly 6,000 H-1B petitions last fiscal year were to extend or change the status of existing employees. The reporting does not describe the specific investigations or the outcome of the suspensions.
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AIThe U.S. Department of Labor said it suspended Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program, citing multiple active federal investigations. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling also said no new applications will be accepted for Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL. Microsoft said the vast majority of its U.S. employees are Americans and that 80% of its roughly 6,000 H-1B petitions last fiscal year were to extend or change the status of existing employees.
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