A Moxee, Wash., farm labor contractor has been fined $692,750 by the Department of Labor and Industries for transporting farmworkers without liability insurance and not informing them about the terms ...

A recent federal jury verdict in Michigan has brought renewed attention to the compliance risks faced by employers that utilize the H-2A visa program, particularly when working with third-party labor ...

Lilford could not afford a last-minute flight halfway across the world. There’s a market for lending to H-2A workers crunched for time, he said — one dominated by “people doing scams to get your ...

Guest workers on the H-2A visa program receive no less than the Adverse Effect Wage Rate set by the federal government. (USDA photo) The Trump administration is making another run at reforming the way ...

Despite barriers to using the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program, farmers are increasingly turning to the program to ...

Learn how U.S. farm employers can hire foreign workers through H-2A and H-2B visa programs and meet federal compliance ...

Before the sun rose on a cold November morning in 2019, Luis Gomez-Echeverria shoved his clothes into a suitcase and snuck out of the house he shared with other farmworkers. He then hid under a pile ...

A West Michigan farm labor contractor accused of trafficking migrant workers is set to go on trial in federal court at the end of May. Five Guatemalan workers claim Purpose Point Harvesting LLC ...

Phil Glaize, a third-generation farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, arrived in Washington this week with renewed optimism ...

The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers program – commonly known as H-2A – is the leading source of temporary and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. H-2A workers, who come from many countries but mostly ...

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