New H-2A rule

From the Department of Labor Web site:


H-2A Final Rule: On December 5, 2008, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cleared for publication the Department’s H-2A Final Rule. Click here for the preamble to the Final Rule and click here for the Final Rule. Please note this document has not yet received final approval from the Office of the Federal Register, which may make minor changes prior to publication. The official version of the rule, as published, may differ from that cleared by OMB.


TK: A 394 page preamble and a 142 page final rule. It will take a while to go through this rule.


Early coverage:

Bush unveils rules for guest workers NYT

The Bush administration announced new rules on Thursday that it said would lessen the bureaucratic burden on employers seeking to hire foreign farm workers. Advocates for the workers, however, contended the changes would depress wages and working conditions.