OFLC, Dec. 12, 2024 "The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will publish two Federal Register Notices (FRNs) in mid-December 2024. The first FRN will update the AEWR under the H-2A temporary agricultural employment program that applies to all range...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/08/2024 "Under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may generally only approve petitions for H-2A and H-2B nonimmigrant...
OFLC, Oct. 29, 2024 "Pursuant to 20 CFR 655.154(d), the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Administrator announces the annual determination of labor supply states (LSS). LSS are additional states in which an employer’s job order will be circulated...
DOL, Oct. 8, 2024 "The U.S. Department of Labor has debarred a Kennewick farm labor contractor from participating in the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program for three years after finding the employer provided workers with unhealthy living conditions;...
OFLC, Sept. 10, 2024 " The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces Revised Transition Schedule and Technical Guidance for Implementing H-2A Job Orders and Applications Associated with the 2024 Farmworker Protection Final...
OFLC, Aug. 28, 2024 " The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces Delay in Transition Schedule for Implementing the H-2A Application and Job Order Associated with the 2024 Farmworker Protection Final Rule The U.S Department...
OFLC, Aug. 22, 2024 "On August 21, 2024, the Department of Labor hosted a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the H-2A program made by the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection Final...
OFLC, Aug. 14, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor hosted a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the H-2A program made by the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection Final...
DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the H-2A program made by the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection Final...
DOL, July 2, 2024 "The Employment and Training Administration published an FRN on June 24, 2024 updating the AEWRs under the H-2A temporary agricultural employment program that apply to a limited set of H-2A job opportunities for which the AEWR is determined...
DOL, Apr. 26, 2024 "The Department of Labor today announced a final rule to strengthen protections for farmworkers . The rule targets vulnerability and abuses experienced by workers under the H-2A program that undermine fair labor standards for all farmworkers...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/09/2023 "Under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may generally only approve petitions for H-2A and H-2B nonimmigrant...
Here is the 83-page Proposed Rule. Here is the DOL media release. Here is the DOL FAQ.
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/15/2023 "The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) proposes to amend its regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers employed in temporary...
OFLC, Aug. 3, 2023 "U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION 2022 H-2A Final Rule FAQs Round 6: H-2A Labor Contractors (H-2ALCs) August 3, 2023"