The Department of Labor has fined an employer who missed the deadline for filing an employment application by one day.<\/p>\n
In a May 5 administrative order, Labor hearing officer Maya Kara ordered Asuncion Pagcu to pay $100 as a condition for the reversal of a Division of Labor decision denying a work permit application filed by the employer.<\/p>\n
Pagcu, owner of a new clothing retail store, submitted the application to hire Maria Cielita D. Cascasan, whose most recent labor permit expired on Dec. 17, 2004.<\/p>\n
Pursuant to the Amended Alien Labor Rules and Regulations, a nonresident worker has 45 days after the end of the contract term to secure new employment.<\/p>\n
Cascasan\u2019s transfer period expired on Jan. 31, 2005, but the employment application was not filed one day after. This resulted in the Labor Division\u2019s denial of the application.<\/p>\n
At the May 3, 2005 hearing, Pagcu testified that her store was a new business and that it was her first attempt to hire a nonresident worker. Pagcu took responsibility for the lateness, saying she had miscalculated the days, according to Kara.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the evidence I find that, although the employee exceeded the 45-day transfer period for finding a new employer, this omission was through no fault of the employee; the deadline was missed by only one day; and the employer was inexperienced in the procedures involved in the filing of labor applications,\u201d Kara said.<\/p>\n
She concluded that Pagcu and Cascasan should be granted a 45-day extension to the transfer period. She also instructed the Labor Processing Division to resume processing the application. (Agnes E. Donato)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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