H-2A employers must offer and provide each H-2A worker three meals per day or provide the workers free and convenient cooking facilities. If an employer elects to provide the meals to the H-2A workers, it must provide three meals per day to each employee living in employer housing per day, every day, including Sundays. Employers ...
As discussed in our previous newsletter “Best Practices: Part 1, Screening H-2A Applicants in the U.S.”, H-2A workers currently working in the U.S. may be seeking better options and start applying for a job directly to H-2A employers with higher AEWR. As an H-2A employer, you may wonder if it’s possible to petition for them ...
The California Supreme Court ruled on May 23rd, that premiums paid to employees who are unable to take a full and timely meal or rest period are considered “wages.” California law requires employers to provide daily meal and rest breaks to most unsalaried employees. If an employee is unable to take a full and timely ...
As we reported here, since January of this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has required non-U.S. individuals seeking to enter the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise…