The U.S. Labor Department is proposing to further delay a midnight rule from the Trump administration that would raise wage rates for specialty occupation visa workers.
The agency in a notice Thursday said that the rule’s effective date will be delayed another 18 months, to Nov. 22, 2022, to give the DOL’s Employment and Training Administration “a sufficient amount of time to thoroughly consider the legal and policy issues raised in the rule.”
The final rule was published Jan. 14, and was the Trump administration’s second attempt to change prevailing wage rates for H-1B and other visa categories. The rule ...
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