The Office of the Governor, together with the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Labor, encourages the Commonwealth’s businesses and employers to participate in the 2019 CNMI Prevailing Wage Survey before submitting CW-1 applications and...

CNMI employers must also obtain a prevailing wage aside from having a temporary labor certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor when they submit their CNMI-Only Transitional Worker or CW-1 petitions. These are the requirements stated in the interim final rule for temporary...

The U.S. Government and Accountability Office reports some foreign nationals may also qualify to gain CNMI resident status under the proposed H.R. 560, which is actually intended to help those who are under the CNMI categorical parole program that was discontinued by U.S....

Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC chair Mark Brown said he would check on the claims made by the workers who were recently laid-off by the company and look into their needs. IPI laid off close to 160 of its CW employees, most of whom are working as casino dealers. It may,...