The U.S. Department of Labor has published in the Federal Register a final rule to amend H-2A temporary labor certification regulations it says will “protect agricultural workers better.” It also updates the H-2A application and temporary labor certification process.
After the department proposed changes to the H-2A program’s regulations in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in July 2019, employers, employer associations, agents, business advocacy groups, state agencies, federal and state elected officials, worker advocates, labor unions, public policy and academic organizations,…
