Last week, a federal judge granted a motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from moving forward with its rule imposing a new fee schedule. The USCIS had issued a rule that could dramatically increase fees on employers that use the H-2A program, among other immigration-based programs. The fees ...
The U.S Department of Agriculture announced last week its intent to suspend the Agricultural Labor Survey which is used to set the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for H-2A workers each year. According to USDA, “[t]he Agricultural Labor Survey provides quarterly statistics on the number of agricultural workers, hours worked, and wage rates. Number of workers ...
Yesterday, the CDC updated its definition of “close contact” of someone infected with the COVID-19. Previously, “close contact” was defined as someone spends more than 15 consecutive minutes within six feet of an infected individual. Now, CDC has updated its definition of a close contact as someone who was within six feet of an infected ...