What requirements does the EAWA add?
The USCIS explains that a company must make “attestations to the U.S. Department of Labor when filing a Labor Condition Application. A company must prove that it has: taken good faith steps to recruit U.S. workers using industry-wide standards and offering compensation that is at least as great as those offered to the H-1B nonimmigrant; offered the job to any U.S. worker that applies and is equally or better qualified for the job that is intended for the H-1B nonimmigrant; not displaced any U.S. worker employed within the period beginning 90 days prior to the filing of the H-1B petition and ending 90 days after its filing; and inquired whether another employer has displaced a U.S. worker within 90 days before or after the placement of the H-1B worker before placing an H-1B worker to work with another employer, according to the USCIS. [A U.S.
