DOL FAQs on H-2A 2024 Final Rule

DOL provides FAQs on the H-2A final rule, Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States, effective June 28, 2024. On August 26, 2024, a district court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting DOL from enforcing the rule in certain states.

Due to ongoing litigation, OFLC announced on August 28, that it will continue to receive and process H-2A job orders and applications in accordance with 20 CFR part 655, subpart B in effect as of the calendar day before the effective date as stated in the Farmworker Protection Rule and delay in the transition schedule for implementing the 2024 H-2A Final Rule.

For the latest information, check out the DOL website at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/farmworker-protection-final-rule.