The Expanding Role of H|2A Workers in U.S. Agriculture

DOL Issues Final Rule on H-2A Worker Protections

The U.S. Department of Labor recently published its final rule on improving protections for workers in temporary agricultural employment.

H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Visa, Explained - Boundless

H-2A workers are non-U.S. citizens who satisfy the regulatory requirements and who are qualified to perform the necessary duties. In general, anyone seeking ...

Agrarian questions in the H-2A visa program 1 1 - ScienceDirect.com

The most well-known agricultural guestworker program was the Bracero Program, a temporary worker agreement between the US and Mexico, initiated to address the ...

DWD: Foreign Labor Certification - IN.gov

A U.S. employer or an association of agricultural producers who has full-time work that needs to be performed on a temporary or seasonal basis may apply to the ...

Economic Impact of the Foreign Farm Laborer on U.S. Local ...

The H-2A temporary agricultural program is a way for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers ...

DOL Updates H-2A Visa Program for Farmworkers - SHRM

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new regulations amending the H-2A agricultural guestworker visa programopens in a new tab, ...

20 CFR Part 655 Subpart B -- Labor Certification Process for ... - eCFR

Subpart B—Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (H-2A Workers) ... workers for the H-2A job opportunity.

Guide to H-2A Employer Requirements - AW Labor Solutions

The H-2A program allows American employers to legally hire foreign temporary workers if such employers are unable to fill their agricultural labor needs ...

Pros and cons of H-2A guest farmworkers - Farm Progress

“The H-2A program has become a farm-saving resource for farmers in the United States who rely on temporary agricultural labor,” he says. “It ...

DHS Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize H-2 Temporary Visa ...

The Department of Homeland Security took steps to strengthen protections for temporary workers through the H-2A temporary agricultural and ...

Farm, horticulture industry organizations file lawsuit against U.S. ...

H-2A workers are temporary, nonimmigrant workers lawfully admitted to the U.S. under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to perform ...

America Has a Farming Crisis - Newsweek

Bipartisan lawmakers propose reforms to the H-2A visa program to combat the U.S. farming crisis, targeting the labor shortage.

America's Worker Shortages in the Agriculture and Food Industries

The H-2A agricultural guest worker program is a complicated and expensive process for farmers. Given the slim profit margins faced by many ...

Journey to Work: The H-2A Program in Georgia - UGA

The program helps US farmers temporarily fill employment gaps for planting, cultivating and harvesting crops when domestic workers are in short supply.

Proposed changes to the H-2A program would affect labor costs in ...

Half of California agricultural employment is in the. San Joaquin Valley, where there have been relatively few H-2A job certifications because U.S. workers are.

(PDF) The Importance of H-2A Guest Workers in Agriculture

... Growers are increasingly relying on foreign guest workers admitted under the H-2A visa program [54,55]. However, many employers still ...

US labor department proposes changes to H-2A program aimed at ...

The new proposal would give temporary visa workers more access to unions and require employers to disclose their recruiters. Avatar photo ...

U.S. Chamber Comments on H-2A Rule

Many of the most significant changes DOL purports to make to the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program are unconstitutional, are without ...

In a push to ease the farm labor crisis, a group of House lawmakers ...

Recommendations that were passed by simple majority included a Secretary of Labor Waiver Exemption of AEWR for small farms, allowing for joint ...

H-2A visa program for farmworkers is surging under Trump

“The Trump administration is working to keep our farmers and growers competitive while ensuring that American workers have access to more ...