DOL Announces Extension of Comment Periods for Proposed Changes to H-2A and H-2B Recruitment Requirements

From the DOL website:

December 11, 2018. Extension of H-2A and H-2B Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Comment Period

On November 9, 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register a NPRM to modernize the advertising requirements for the H-2A program. On November 9, 2018, DOL also jointly published with the Department of Homeland Security, a separate NPRM proposing to modernize the advertising requirements for the H-2B program.

Both NPRMs provide for the submission of public comments through December 10, 2018. In response to requests to extend the comment period, DOL has published subsequent notices in the Federal Register to extend both comment periods through December 28, 2018.

The H-2A Federal Register notice can be accessed here:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/10/2018-26766/modernizing-recruitment-requirements-for-the-temporary-employment-of-h-2a-foreign-workers-in-the#addresses

The H-2B Federal Register notice can be accessed here:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/10/2018-26767/modernizing-recruitment-requirements-for-the-temporary-employment-of-h-2b-foreign-workers-in-the

• Extension of Comment Period for DOL Proposed Rule on Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for H-2A Workers (83 FR 63456, 12/10/18)
• Extension of Comment Period for Joint DHS and DOL Proposed Rule on Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for H-2B Workers (83 FR 63430, 12/10/18)