The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing changes to its rules governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal agricultural employment and the enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers.
The proposed changes appear in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) in today’s (September 4, 2009) Federal Register here. The Proposed Rule reexamines the process by which employers obtain a temporary labor certification from DOL for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2A status. DOL also proposes to amend the regulations at 29 CFR part 501 to provide for sufficient enforcement under the H-2A program so that workers are appropriately protected when employers fail to meet the requirements of the H-2A program.
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