Organizations or individuals seeking U. S. employment-based visas will not want to miss this event. Before any nonresident worker can obtain a U.S. work visa, a prevailing wage study must be conducted to determine the minimum prevailing wage for the position.
The first speaker will be William Rabung of the U. S. Department of Labor’s Employment Training Administration in Washington D.C., via live video teleconference.
Rabung and his team will explain the current prevailing wage system that is being used for the CNMI and how prevailing wage studies may be conducted by organizations or industries.
The second speaker will be Gary Hiles of the Guam Department of Labor. Hiles will explain how Guam set up their prevailing wage system and offer recommendations on how the CNMI could go about setting up its own system based on CNMI wage averages only.
The lunch meeting will be held at Northern Marianas College in room D-1 (across from the NMC Bookstore) on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The seminar includes breakfast and refreshments and the cost is $20 for SHRM members and $30 for non-members.
Seats are limited, so reserve your seat by contacting Polly DLG. Masga at 237-5122 or e-mail her at [email protected].
The presentations will provide attendees the opportunity to:
1) Find out how the U.S. Department of Labor currently determines CNMI prevailing wages for U.S. work visa applicants;
2) Learn about the process used to conduct a prevailing wage study for a business or industry;
3) Find out where you can obtain resources to conduct a prevailing wage study;
4) Learn about the Guam prevailing wage system and how they conduct regular wage studies; and,
5) Participate in the question and answer section of each presentation.
