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DOL Issues 2012 Adverse Effect Wage Rates for H-2A Workers

Posted on December 23, 2011

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On Thursday, December 22, 2011, the Department of Labor’s Employment and
Training Administration issued a notice to announce the new wage rates
for temporary and seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers in the U.S.
under the H-2A visa program. These wage rates, known as the Adverse
Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs), provide guidance regarding the minimum amount
that foreign seasonal workers here on the H-2A visa program must be
paid for their work so that the wages of similarly employed U.S.
citizens will not be adversely affected.

The notice took effect on December 22; wage rates can be seen at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-22/pdf/2011-32842.pdf.

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