Cloudera settles lawsuit with Trump admin, agrees to pay $2 mn, faces a two-year PERM ban: All you need to know

California-based data management firm Cloudera has agreed to a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Labor following allegations that the company discriminated against qualified US workers when it filed for Green Cards for foreign workers.

The department added that the firm has been banned from participating in the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme for two years. PERM is the mandatory first step for US employers to sponsor a foreign worker for a permanent employment-based…