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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)”

Supporting Farm Operations Act Introduced in Congress

Brian German January 31, 2024Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration, Legislative

The Supporting Farm Operations Act, H.R. 7046, was introduced in the U.S. House Representatives last week. It seeks to address the high cost of agricultural labor by freezing the Adverse …

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Congressional Effort Seeks to Address H-2A Wage Concerns for U.S. Farmers

Brian German January 15, 2024Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has voiced concern about the increasing H-2A wage and its impact on family farmers. Seventy-five U.S. House of Representatives members penned a letter to the …

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Farm Operations Support Act Aims to Suspend H-2A Wage Increases

Brian German March 22, 2023Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration, Legislative

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to keep the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) from increasing further in 2023. Senators Jon Ossoff and Thom Tillis have introduced the Farm …

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Agricultural Groups Concerned by Latest H-2A Wage Rules

Brian German March 6, 2023Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration, Regulation

A final rule updating the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program has been published in the Federal Register. The amended H-2A wage rules from the U.S. Department of …

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New AEWR from Department of Labor Brings California Up To $16.05

Brian German February 24, 2021Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has finally revealed what the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) will be for 2021. Employers of H-2A workers will now know what wage expectations …

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H-2A Wage Freeze Blocked by Federal Judge Ruling

Brian German January 6, 2021Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration

A federal judge has blocked the H-2A wage freeze that the Department of Labor (DOL) announced back in November. The DOL decision would have kept H-2A wages at 2020 rates …

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Farmworker Groups Sue Over DOL Decision Regarding Wage Rates

Brian German December 9, 2020Agri-Business, Labor and Immigration

Farmworker groups are taking legal action against the recent decision not to increase H-2A wage rates. The United Farm Workers (UFW) and the UFW Foundation are suing the Department of …

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H-2A Labor Rates Stay the Same Through 2022

Brian German November 6, 2020Labor and Immigration, Radio Reports

A legal compromise stabilizes H-2A labor rates for two more years. In an effort to reduce production costs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture tried to discontinue the use of its Farm …

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Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)Dave PugliaFarm Labor Survey (FLS)H-2A ProgramU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)Western Growers Association

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