DC Court Tosses Labor Judge Challenge in Seasonal Visa Case

The Labor Department’s in-house judges have the power to decide disputes involving H-2B seasonal worker visas, a DC federal court ruled in a case that sought to expand the reach of the US Supreme Court’s SEC v. Jarkesy ruling.

Judge Beryl A. Howell for the US District Court for the District of Columbia rejected carnival company Butler Amusements Inc.'s argument that administrative proceedings over its alleged violations of the H-2B visa program should have been heard before a court, not internal DOL administrative law judges.

The decision conflicts with a recent US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling ...