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DOL Releases Final Rule on H-2A Worker Protections
On Friday, April 26th, 2024, DOL released its Final Rule. Below is an itemized summary of the major provisions. Please note that the following list is not comprehensive and that the Final Rule contains a number of other provisions and procedural changes.
The Unnecessary Constraints of the H-2A Filing Process: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Once a niche topic known only in agricultural circles, the H-2A foreign guestworker program has recently entered mainstream discourse. Exacerbated by labor shortages due to COVID-19 and other economic factors, demand for H-2A visas has surged, quadrupling in the last decade. H-2A workers currently comprise an estimated 10-15% of America's agricultural workforce, with well over a quarter of a million visas issued annually.
