TEN No. 27-23

Subject

Announcing the Publication of the Final Rule, Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States

Purpose

To announce the publication of the final rule on Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (Farmworker Protection Rule), which makes changes to the regulations regarding the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), in addition to changes to the regulations governing the H-2A temporary nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program at 20 CFR 655, subpart B, and 29 CFR 501. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) describes revisions to the ES regulations at 20 CFR parts 651, 653, and 658, which relate to the Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS) and the situations where State Workforce Agencies (SWA) discontinue providing ES services to employers.

To

STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE MONITOR ADVOCATES
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE MANAGERS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS

From

JOSÉ JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ
Assistant Secretary

Contact

Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA regional office. Additional information about changes to the regulations governing the H-2A program is available on the Department's OFLC and WHD websites at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/farmworker-protection-final-rule and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/agriculture/h2a/final-rule, respectively.

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