The Department of Labor intends to rescind 2024 regulations designed to protect workplace organizing by foreign farmworkers.
The agency announced earlier this month that it would halt enforcement of the worker protection rule, citing multiple federal court injunctions that had created inconsistency in the rule’s application and legal uncertainty for employers using the H-2A farmworker visa program.
Regulatory changes adopted in the 2024 rule added unnecessary, burdensome, and costly mandates for employers, the Labor Department said in proposed regulations (RIN 1205-AC25) released Monday. Members of the public will have 60 days to submit comments on the proposal after its publication ...