Federal Agencies, FR Regulations & Notices

DOL Notice with Adverse Effect Wage Rate for Range Occupations in 2018

12/22/17 AILA Doc. No. 17122203. Business Immigration, H-2A Agricultural Worker

DOL notice announcing the Adverse Effect Wage Rate for 2018 for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant workers (H-2A workers) to perform herding or production of livestock on the range. The notice is effective 1/1/18. (82 FR 60767, 12/22/17)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States: Adverse Effect Wage Rate for Range Occupations in 2018

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

Note on the DOL Website:
December 28, 2017. New 2018 Herder H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) - Correction On December 22, 2017, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the new Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers) who perform herding or production of livestock on the range. AEWRs are the minimum wage rates the Department has determined must be offered and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment so that the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers will not be adversely affected. The Federal Register Notice presented the new AEWR as both $1,584.22/month and $1,548.22/month. The correct 2018 AEWR for herding or production of livestock on the range is $1,584.22/month, effective January 1, 2018. ETA will publish a correction notice in the Federal Register.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 17122203.