Posts about Industry Trends

The workweek as we know it — Monday to Friday from 9 to 5 — has not always been the norm. This way of working was first implemented by Henry Ford in 1926 when most companies had their employees working 6 days per week, several hours a day. Today, amid a global pandemic that completely […]

The Coresignal’s survey analyzed over 40 million job openings in the U.S. and Europe from 2020 to 2022 and found that California is now the state with the country’s largest share of remote jobs. The United Kingdom ranked first among European countries. However, the U.S. ranking might change this year as many companies in Silicon […]

With post-pandemic after-effects plus an ongoing war, the world has seen one of the highest global inflations of all time. The U.S. is experiencing soaring prices for oil, household goods, monthly bills, and more. According to a recent poll by Morning Consult/Politico, over 60% of American voters feel the country is in the middle of […]

Read the most recent global immigration news. Source: Fragomen Worldwide New procedures that will impact the work permit application process for companies in the United Arab Emirates are expected to be implemented this month, according to a Ministry of Labour (MOL) announcement. In United States immigration news, the Department of Homeland Security released a highly […]

Read the latest updates on global immigration. Source: Fragomen Worldwide In United States immigration news, in April, USCIS will only accept employment-based adjustment applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is current for final action under the State Department’s April Visa Bulletin. The United Kingdom’s Parliament is considering a law that would increase […]

Get the latest information on global immigration. Source: Fragomen Worldwide  In United States immigration news, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received a record 236,000 H-1B cap petitions for employment in Fiscal Year 2017 – a 1.3 percent increase over last year’s total.  According to the State Department’s May Visa Bulletin, the cutoff dates for final […]

Read the latest update on global immigration news. Source: Fragomen Worldwide In United States immigration news, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has determined that it will only accept employment-based adjustment applications next month from foreign nationals with a priority date that is current for final action under State Department’s June Visa Bulletin. USCIS has received […]

Get the latest update on global immigration news. Source: Fragomen Worldwide  In United States immigration news, a proposed regulation would give the Justice Department broader powers to investigate immigration-related employment discrimination cases.  The agency is accepting public feedback on the proposal through September 14, 2016.  Another proposed regulation by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is […]

Read the latest updates on global immigration. Source: Fragomen Worldwide In United States immigration news, USCIS received a record 233,000 FY 2016 H-1B cap petitions – almost three times the number of available visa numbers. The overall chance of selection in the cap is approximately 36 percent. Initial adjudication of premium processed H-1B cap cases […]