Facebook Settles with U.S. Gov over Improperly Reserving Jobs for Immigrants
In this thread there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding regarding both the Permanent&#x2F;Temporary visa distinction, as well as what Facebook did.<p>The lawsuit refers to the Permanent Labor Certification process - the process of certifying that a position cannot be filled by a US citizen. This is one of the first early steps of an employer sponsoring an employee for a Green Card (so called immigrant visas, <i>not</i> H1-B). In the overwhelming majority of cases this affects people already employed by the company often on non-immigrant visas (such as the H1-B) which it would like to retain. They have already gone through the much demonized H1 visa process.<p>Onto the process - the &quot;newspaper&quot; reference which some commenters have been hung up on is a DoL requirement. It&#x27;s literally Facebook going by the book and filling all requirements. Where the lawsuit comes in is that Facebook <i>only</i> followed the DoL requirements and did not advertise positions how they would beyond that.<p>Additionally the article itself states<p>&gt; When U.S. workers did apply, the suit said, Facebook hired them into different jobs, reserving the open position for the H-1B worker.<p>Is this discrimination? Yes. Is there a better pathway to retain foreign employees? Not currently. I&#x27;m not a fan of Facebook at all, but they do what they need to to keep talent in a competitive environment.