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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Provisions in a Labor Department rule addressing the treatment and pay of H-2A farmworkers have been enjoined by a federal judge who ruled Monday the department exceeded its authority or did not adequately explain why it was changing its regulations.
The departments of Homeland Security and Labor need to streamline their operation of the H-2A farmworker program both to facilitate electronic processing of applications and more quickly identify workers who are due back wages, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued last week.
Farmers can afford to implement a new heat standard, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in an analysis of a proposed rule that shows annual costs for most farming operations would be less than 1% of revenue.
The level of farmworker wages continues to vex the ag industry and farmworker representatives, who say the way they are calculated results in wages being either too low or too high.
Agricultural labor solutions failed to get included in the final omnibus language released Monday, leaving agricultural groups empty-handed in their search for action before the current Congress ends.
Farm groups and ag labor advocates are keeping a close eye on pending rulemaking that would add federal rulemaking to the conversation surrounding the health of workers in hot conditions across the country.
Farm labor advocates are calling on the Biden administration to focus enforcement efforts on violations of labor laws that occur during and after recruitment of farmworkers to pick crops in the U.S.
