White House Looking at Job Protections for Exchange Visitors (1)

Regulations to overhaul the J-1 Summer Work Travel program may soon be on the horizon, as the White House is reviewing both a final and a proposed regulation from the State Department.

The first change (RIN:1400-AD14) is the finalized version of a proposed rule issued in January 2017 that built on earlier interim regulations. The State Department had issued those rules to bolster worker protections in response to a 2011 protest by some 400 SWT participants over their working conditions at a Hershey facility in Palmyra, Pa.

The second is a new proposed rule (RIN:1400-AE92) that hasn’t previously ...