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DOL FOIA Response on Prevailing Wage Policy Guidance

12/5/17 AILA Doc. No. 18010230. Business Immigration, Labor Certification (Permanent)

In a 12/5/17 FOIA response, DOL provides AILA with documents and training materials related to ETA’s 2009 Prevailing Wage Determination Policy Guidance as it relates to clarification of skill levels I and II. Includes internal training PowerPoints, policy guidance, and Standard Operating Procedures.

FOIA Response Pages	Title	Description
1-36	11-0000 Management Occupations PowerPoint	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 11-0000 series of management occupations.
37-56	13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations and 23-0000 Legal Occupations Coding Tips	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 13-0000 series of business and financial operations occupations and the 23-0000 series of legal occupations.
57-88	15-Series, Other Mathematical Occupations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 15-0000 series of mathematical occupations.
89-111	19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 19-0000 series of life, physical, and social science occupations.
112-132	17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 17-0000 series of architecture and engineering occupations.
133-152	31-0000 Healthcare Support Occupations, 35-0000 Food Preparations and Serving Related Occupations, and 45-0000 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 31-0000 series of healthcare support occupations, the 35-0000 series of food preparations and serving related occupations, and the 45-0000 series of farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
153-167	37-0000 Building, Grounds, and Maintenance	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 37-0000 series of building, grounds, and maintenance occupations.
168-174	Area of Intended Employment	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the area of intended employment, including Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas.
175-179	Internal Emails regarding Prevailing Wage Process from Director of NPWC, Renata Adjibodou	Internal emails from Director of the National Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) addressing Education Administrators, Postsecondary (11-9033.00) that also teach courses; Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021) that teach both kindergarten and elementary students; 29-Series and residency/fellowship requirements for Physician positions; prevailing wage requests that list preferences vs. requirements; and requiring a Master of Laws (LLM) and/or more than one state bar license.
180-837	Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005	Full text of H.R. 4818, or the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, enacted by the 108th Congress.
838-852	Alternative Wage Source Request: Surveys	OFLC internal training PowerPoint addressing requests for alternative wage surveys, including the requirements that the survey must be cross-industry and the survey may not limit the nature of the employer. Includes chart on Experience for Job Zones on p. 847.
853-910	PERM/LCA OES 15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 15-0000 series of computer and mathematical science occupations.
911-928	29-1000 Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on the SOC 29-1000 series of health diagnosing and treating practitioner occupations.
929-937	NPWC Guidance on Determining Skill Level for Job Opportunities that include Skill Level Indicator Words in the Job Title	Internal NPWC policy guidance on the method by which to determine whether an additional wage/skill level point should be added to a job opportunity that includes a skill level indicator such as "lead," "senior," "managing," head," etc. Includes RFI template, a discussion on determining the wage level using RFI responses, and justification for the policy change.
938-973	2009 PWD Policy Guidance	ETA Prevailing Wage Determination Policy Guidance for Nonagricultural Immigration Programs, revised November 2009.
974-984	OFLC Internal SOP for Deficiencies in RFI Responses	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 9/12/13 addressing the steps required to complete an RFI for an ETA Form 9141 with deficiencies, to request additional information or clarification in order to determine the appropriate SOC and prevailing wage.
985-999	OFLC Internal SOP for Establishing and Maintaining List of ACWIA Wage Employer Institutions and Wage Assignments	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 9/20/12 addressing the procedures to establish and maintain a listing of ACWIA wage employer institution and wage assignments.
1000-1044	OFLC Internal SOP for PW Reference Application Database for Qualified and Consistent Prevailing Wage Reviews and Recommendations	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 3/7/13 addressing the steps necessary to use the Prevailing Wage Reference Application Database in order to assist the analyst and reviewers to make qualified and consistent prevailing wage reviews and recommendations.
1045-1057	OFLC Internal SOP on Process to Determine Prevailing Wage Recommendations	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 9/9/13 documenting the process used to determine a Prevailing Wage recommendation.
1058-1077	OFLC Internal SOP on Procedures for Making Prevailing Wage Reviewing Recommendations and Determinations	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 6/26/15 providing procedures to make prevailing wage reviewing recommendations and making the federal determination
1078-1090	OFLC Internal SOP for Redetermination Requests	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 2/6/12 documenting the steps necessary to process all Redetermination Requests concerning the NPWC. Includes template emails.
1091-1119	OFLC Internal SOP for Preparing and Forwarding Files to BALCA	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 3/23/11 on protocols for assembling, copying, and mailing the BALCA appeal file for Prevailing Wage Determinations. Includes sample index page, sample appeals checklist, and BALCA decision email language.
1120-1131	OFLC Internal SOP for Center Director Review Process	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 3/2/12 documenting the steps necessary to perform a Center Director Review in iCERT. Includes sample email templates.
1132-1160	OFLC Internal SOP for Prevailing Wage Determinations Where Employer Requests Alternate Survey or CBA	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 6/6/12 for the initial recommendation, review, and issuance of prevailing wage determinations in which the employer has requested the use of a survey or Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as an alternate wage survey. Includes list of required survey documentation, survey checklist, and survey checklist instructions.
1161-1163	OFLC Internal SOP on Use of All Other SOCs (Analyst)	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 10/24/16 clarifying analyst use of "All Other" SOC codes.
1164-1168	OFLC Internal SOP on Use of All Other SOCs (Federal Reviewer)	OFLC internal Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective 10/24/16 clarifying federal reviewer use of "All Other" SOC codes.
1169-1207	Prevailing Wage Determinations	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on prevailing wage determinations for PERM, H-1B/H-1B1, E-3, and H-2B
1208-1211	Internal Directive from Bill Rabung on ACWIA Eligible Institutions and Wage Assignments	Internal Prevailing Wage Determination processing directive by Bill Rabung, NPWC Director, dated 5/6/10 addressing ACWIA eligible institutions/employers and wage issuance, including occupations for which the OES ACWIA database does not contain data.
1212-1236	Revision of Combination of Duties (Teachers)	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on revision of the combination of duties process for pre-kindergarten through secondary school teachers.
1237-1265	NPWC Redetermination Training	OFLC National Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) internal training PowerPoint on prevailing wage redetermination requests.
1266-1293	Software Developers, Applications vs. Software Developers, Systems Software	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on Software Developers, Applications vs. Software Developers, Systems Software.
1294-1310	Prevailing Wage Determinations: Alternative Wage Source Request with Surveys or CBA	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on prevailing wage determinations with an alternative wage source request using surveys or Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs).
1311-1318	Supervision	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on issuing prevailing wage determinations for positions with supervisory duties.
1319-1320	Travel	OFLC internal training PowerPoint on travel, including the percentage of time and an explanation of how much time is spent traveling for the descriptors incidental, little, limited, some, and extensive.
1321-1371	Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for Temporary Employment in Occupations Other than Agriculture or Registered Nursing in the United States (H-2B), and other Technical Changes; Final Rule	Final rule published in the Federal Register, Vol. 73 No. 245, 12/19/2008, by the Employment and Training Administration on the Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for Temporary Employment in Occupations Other than Agriculture or Registered Nursing in the United States (H-2B), and other Technical Changes (20 CFR Parts 655 and 656).