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  2. H-2A visa - Wikipedia

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    An H-2A visa allows a foreign national worker into the United States for temporary agricultural work. There are several requirements of the employer in regard to this visa. The H-2A temporary agricultural program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring non-immigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or ...

  3. Adverse Effect Wage Rate - Wikipedia

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    The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is the minimum wage that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has determined "must be offered and paid to U.S. and alien workers by agricultural employers of nonimmigrant H-2A visa agricultural workers" (Federal Register, February 10, 1999, p. 6690).

  4. Temporary farmworkers get more protections against ... - AOL

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    The new rule will require farmers who employ H-2A workers to make sure the vans and buses they use to transport workers long distances — and that are often driven by tired workers — have ...

  5. Guest worker program - Wikipedia

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    The Bracero Program was a temporary-worker importation agreement between the United States and Mexico from 1942 to 1964. Initially created in 1942 as an emergency procedure to alleviate wartime labor shortages, the program actually lasted until 1964, bringing approximately 4.5 million legal Mexican workers into the United States during its lifespan.

  6. Discriminating against U.S. workers, abusing H-2A workers ...

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    There were more than $17,000 in back wages owed and $182,000 in civil money penalties paid by a business that services Home Depot and businesses throughout the South.

  7. Mattawa Council hears report on H-2A workers, approves 2024 ...

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  8. H visa - Wikipedia

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    H-1B1 visa, a variant of the H-1B visa in the United States for nationals of Singapore and Chile; H-2A visa, allows a foreign national entry into the US for temporary or seasonal agricultural work; H-2B visa, allowing US employers to hire foreign workers to come temporarily to the United States and perform temporary nonagricultural services or ...

  9. Wage and Hour Division - Wikipedia

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    The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.