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Four Essential Steps to Future-Proof Your Immigration Practice with Technology

In this blog post, I’ll dive deeper into four key steps that can help immigration attorneys—and really, any lawyer—successfully adopt and integrate technology into their practices. But first, let’s discuss why legal technology is especially important for immigration law firms.

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Why Are H-1B Workers Still Posting LCA Notices at Home? It’s Time to Go Digital!

LCA compliance sometimes results in confusing or downright awkward situations—especially for employees working on H-1B visas. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. Electronic LCA posting solutions can simplify the process for both employees and employers.

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Solo and Small Immigration Law Firms Also Use LaborLess to Provide Electronic LCA Compliance Services.

Here's why solo and small immigration attorneys are signing up for LaborLess just as big firms with high H-1B volumes are as well.

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3 Common Ways H-1B Employers Provide Notice When Posting Electronic LCAs

A lot of companies are now starting to think about electronic LCA posting for their selected H-1Bs, and they always ask us: "How can we compliantly notify 'affected workers' of the online location of these new electronic LCA postings."

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Holding on to Public Access Files For Longer Than Necessary - Is It Good or Bad?

This blog explores the question of PAF retention, whether it's good or bad to hold onto PAFs for longer "than necessary," and how electronic PAF management can make compliance with retention regulations simpler.

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H-1B Employers are Starting to Require Electronic LCA Posting and PAF Support in RFPs

Get ahead of LCA compliance tech requirements in RFPs by adopting electronic LCA posting and PAF management tools today.

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Should Employers Allow H-1B Workers to Post Their Own LCA Notices at Home?

When an employer is hiring a remote H-1B worker, it's common to have that prospective employee post their own LCA notice at home. But should this be OK? And what happens if they get it wrong?

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Is an H-1B Worker's Home Address Considered Public Data or PII if it's Listed On The LCA?

Is a remote H-1B worker’s home address, which is listed on their LCA, public information or personally identifiable information (PII)?

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Electronic LCA Posting Has Both Short-term and Long-term Benefits. Here They Are.

Moving a company’s LCA compliance process from manual LCA posting to electronic LCA posting has both short-term and long-term benefits, both for the H-1B employer and their immigration law firms. That’s what this article is about.

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Electronic LCA Posting Makes Reposting LCAs Easier When Employees Move Within Same MSA

Reposting LCA notices for H-1B workers who moved within the same MSA became crucial at the beginning of COVID. Here's why electronic LCA compliance makes this process easy.

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Should you post LCAs Before H-1B Cap Registrations are Selected or After?

Should you file LCAs & post LCA notices for all potential H-1B candidates before the H-1B lottery, or only for those who are eventually selected in the H-1B lottery? A far as we can tell, there are two major theories - let's explore them briefly below.

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Immigration Tech In 2022: Continued Acquisitions, Investments, Product Launches and More

After a year of prepping and weeks of drafting and editing this article, let's take a look at what the immigration tech world has been up to in 2022.

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Electronic LCA Posting for Parent Companies and Public Access File Imports: LaborLess Product Update.

We don’t share LaborLess product updates often, but today we're excited to share two new features we’re really proud of! (1) “Group” LCA posting capabilities for companies with

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Immigration Tech In 2021: New Funding, New Features, New Future For The Industry.

In this article I’ve compiled major immigration news from 2021 - from investment rounds to acquisitions to new hires and product releases as well as small tech companies that may not have made the traditional “news” but are certainly newsworthy for our industry. Let's dive in.

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Electronic LCA Posting Enables Law Firms to File LCAs And Post Them Too

What if the immigration law firm could control both the LCA submission and the posting process?...Well, with electronic LCA posting that’s now possible, and it makes the entire process easier too.

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3 Ways to Notify Employees of an Electronic LCA Posting

The rise in acceptance and popularity of electronic LCA posting has also raised a number of questions, most importantly: what’s the best way to notify affected workers, per 20 CFR § 655.734, when posting an LCA notice electronically?

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Are Third Party LCA Notices A Headache? Try Electronic LCA Posting.

Is giving LCA notice at third party worksites a headache? For most H-1B employers and immigration lawyers the answer seems to be yes. As a best case scenario it’s