Cloudera Barred From PERM Program for Two Years Under Justice, Labor Department Settlement

Cloudera Inc. will be barred from the federal Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program for two years and will pay a total of $2 million under a settlement with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor, the Justice Department said on October 16, 2026.

The settlement resolves a lawsuit the Justice Department filed in April alleging that the Santa Clara, California-based data management company violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating against U.S. workers when recruiting and hiring for seven positions under the PERM process, according to the department.

Under the agreement, Cloudera will establish a $1.4 million back-pay fund for qualified U.S. workers who tried to apply for the jobs but were not given fair consideration, and will pay $600,000 in civil penalties, the department said. The company will also be subject to enhanced monitoring, revised PERM compliance procedures and reporting requirements. The debarment follows an earlier Labor Department suspension of Cloudera's PERM processing.

The PERM program allows employers to sponsor foreign nationals for permanent residence only after showing that qualified U.S. workers had a genuine opportunity to apply and that none were available, the department said.

The Justice Department said this is the fourteenth settlement since it re-launched its Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative in 2025.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice.

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