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DOL Final Rule Amending H-2A Regulations

10/12/22 AILA Doc. No. 22100600. Business Immigration, H-2A Agricultural Worker

DOL final rule amending the H-2A regulations in order to “strengthen protections for workers, modernize and simplify the H-2A application and temporary labor certification process, and ease regulatory burdens on employers.” The rule is effective 11/14/22. (87 FR 61660, 10/12/22)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Parts 653 and 655

Wage and Hour Division

29 CFR Part 501

[DOL Docket No. ETA–2019–0007]

RIN 1205–AB89

Temporary Agricultural Employment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in the United States

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration and Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Final rule.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 22100600.