WASHINGTON, D.C.—Employers, who have not yet received the temporary labor certifications required to renew their employees’ CW permits for fiscal year 2020, will get some extra time, according to Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP). Sablan said the congressional office...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed yesterday in federal court a sexual harassment and sex discrimination lawsuit against Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC and Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited for allegedly subjecting some female VIP...

The president and part-owner of a company that manufactures charcoal on Saipan was slapped in federal court Monday with six months of imprisonment for engaging in fraud in the applications for CNMI-Only Transitional Worker program (CW) permits. U.S. District Court for the NMI...

The NMI Settlement Fund’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget is $46 million, which is $1.2 million less than the fiscal year 2019 budget of $47.2 million. Settlement Fund trustee Joyce C. H. Tang discussed the Fund’s budget in her report filed Friday with the U.S. District Court...