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Patricia Cohen, Sydney Ember, New York Times, Aug. 2, 2021 "Tyler Holt summed up the problem his Utah landscaping business faces every year. “People who want to be in the job force want stability — if they want to work, they work full...

DOL, June 23, 2021 - H-2B Application Filing Timelines for 2021 Peak Filing Season "The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) reminds employers and other interested stakeholders that the three-day filing window to submit an H-2B Application...

USCIS, June 3, 2021 "Under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule, USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 16,000 H-2B visas made available for returning workers only. We continue to accept...

To understand what is wrong with the DHS/DOL Joint Temporary Final Rule adding 22,000 H-2B visas to the quota (6,000 reserved for nationals of the "Northern Triangle" countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala), see my July 25, 2017 Law360...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/25/2021 "The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising his time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 authority and increasing the...

DHS, Apr. 20, 2021 " ... In light of increased labor demands, DHS is announcing a supplemental increase of 22,000 visas for the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker program. The additional visas will be made available in the coming months via...

DOL, Apr. 1, 2021 "The Department of Labor recognizes that obtaining a reliable workforce is crucial to meeting the labor needs of American businesses. We also recognize how important it is to put Americans back to work. On Dec. 27, 2020, the...

USCIS, Feb. 24, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2021. Feb. 12, 2021, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject...

David J. Bier, Feb. 16, 2021 "Since 1952, American employers have hired H-2B foreign guest workers to fill seasonal or temporary jobs that U.S. workers have not taken. Onerous rules kept participation low until the late 1990s, but as more Americans...

State Department, Jan. 28, 2021 "H-2A and certain H-2B travelers covered by the Presidential Proclamation of January 25, 2021 titled Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose...

USCIS, Jan. 12, 2021 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), have announced the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs in 2021. The...

DOLETA, Jan. 5, 2021 "OFLC Conducts Randomization Process on H-2B Applications Submitted Requesting an April 1, 2021, Work Start Date The Office of Foreign Labor Certification has completed the randomization process to randomly assign all H-2B...

Hedging bets, simultaneous publication of a " direct final rule " and a proposed rule on Jan. 4, 2021: "The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor (DOL) are jointly issuing this direct final rule to extend DOL’s...

DOL, Sept. 16, 2020 "After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Weaver Racing Inc. and owner George R. Weaver paid a total of $425,000 in court-ordered back wages, liquidated damages and civil penalties...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 94 / Thursday, May 14, 2020 "As a result of disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. economy and international travel caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department...