H-2A Guestworker Wages Get Overhaul in Labor Department Rule (1)

Wage rates for agricultural guestworkers employed in the US through the H-2A temporary visa program are getting an overhaul under a new rule from the Biden administration.

The rule, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register Tuesday, abandons changes to the wage methodology sought by the Trump administration that were seen as a win by employers hoping to hold down increasing costs of worker pay. It restores the use of an annual federal survey of farm employers to set the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR), a regional average wage for field and livestock workers.

Employers that hire H-2A ...