Summaries of BALCA Decisions
  En Banc Decisions (comprehensive 1987 to 2004)
  October 2004
  September 2004
  August 2004
  July 2004
  April-June 2004
  January-March 2004
  Calendar Year 2003
  April-December 2002

Decisions:

BALCA En Banc Decisions

Decisions involving permanent alien labor certification; 20 C.F.R. Part 656. This database is limited to en banc decisions and selected panel decisions.

ILS BALCA Decisions

Permanent alien labor certification; 20 C.F.R. Part 656. This database consists of BALCA decision published by Immigration Law Systems, Inc. ("ILS") of Columbus, Ohio, from 1987 to May 2000, when the "BALCA Search" service was discontinued. The Department of Labor has acquired this database and is making available for public access on this web site.

ACM Decisions

Decisions involving enforcement of the limitations imposed on employers using alien crewmembers for longshore activities in U.S. ports; Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1288(c) and (d); 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subpart G (D cases)

ARN Decisions

Decisions involving attestations by facilities using nonimmigrant aliens as registered nurses; Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989; 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subparts D and E (H1-A cases), and 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subparts L and M (H1-C cases)

ETA, ESA, JSA and WPA Decisions

Decisions involving the Job Service Complaint System; Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.; 38 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 42; 20 CFR Part 658

JSW Decisions

Appeals of prevailing wage determinations made by the ETA at the request of the Wage and Hour Division pursuant to 20 C.F.R. §655.731(d) during the course of an investigation into an employer's H-1B Labor Condition Application (LCA). These appeals reference the procedures used in Job Service Complaint System hearings.

LCA Decisions

Decisions involving labor condition applications and requirements for employers using aliens on H-1B visas in specialty occupations; 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 1182(n); 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subparts H and I

TAE Decisions

Decisions involving temporary alien employment arising under the Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); 1188(c) (H-2A and H-2B visas - ESA enforcement actions) [29 CFR Part 501]

TLC Decisions

Decisions involving temporary labor certification arising under 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); 1188(c) (H-2A and H-2B visas - ETA actions) [20 CFR Part 655, Subparts B and C]

For decisions involving the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act ("MSP"), see the Miscellaneous Traditional caselist.

Notices and forms:
  Settlement Judge Program
     Note: Settlement judges are not available in
     permanent labor certification appeals
  Subpoena procedures
  G-28 Notice of Appearance
  AR-11 Notice of Alien's Change of Address
     [Instructions]

Links:
  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  ETA: Office of Foreign Labor Certification
  ETA: Electronic Reading Room
     Searchable database of internal ETA
     directives and information bulletins (such as GALs)
  O*Net-SOC Code Connector
  ESA: Wage and Hour Division Immigration Page
  BLS: Occupational Outlook Handbook On Line
  BLS Surveys and Programs Home Page
     Links to Occupational Employment Statistics (OES),
     National Compensation Survey (NCS), and
     Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS)

Contacts:
  National and District OALJ Offices
  ETA and State Workforce Agency Offices
  Wage and Hour Division Key Personnel
  Wage and Hour Division District Offices
  Solicitor's Office