Labor Dept. Indefinitely Delays H-2B Wage Methodology Final Rule

The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has delayed indefinitely the effective date of its final rule on the wage methodology for the H-2B temporary non-agricultural employment) to comply with legislation that prohibits the agency from using any funds to implement it, and to permit time for consideration of public comments on the interim final rule published in April 2013.

The final rule would have revised the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification to employ a nonimmigrant in H-2B status. The interim final rule establishing the current prevailing wage methodology for the H-2B program remains in effect.

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