Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program

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• Document number: 2011-1117
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: January 19, 2011
• Effective: January 1, 2012
• Comments close: March 21, 2011
• Agency: Labor Department; Employment and Training Administration

Official abstract

The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification for the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. This Final Rule revises the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States (U.S.) workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.

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