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2013-11-20; vol. 78 # 224 - Wednesday, November 20, 2013 78 FR 69538 - Attestation Process for Employers Using F-1 Students in Off-Campus Work
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations which provided rules governing employers seeking to hire F-1 foreign students as part-time workers off-campus. These subparts became obsolete after the authorizing statute and its two-year extension expired in 1996. Accordingly, the Department of Labor (the Department) is taking this action to remove regulations that no longer have force and effect.
78 FR 69539 - Removal of Attestation Process for Facilities Using H-1A Registered Nurses
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations found which provided rules governing health care facilities using nonimmigrant foreign workers as registered nurses under the H-1A visa program. These subparts became obsolete after the authorizing statute and all extensions expired. Accordingly, the Department of Labor (the Department) is taking this action to remove regulations that no longer have force and effect.
78 FR 69541 - Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A Agricultural Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations for employers in the logging industry utilizing foreign workers. The regulations became obsolete after a rulemaking in 2010 reassigned them elsewhere in the Code of Federal Regulations. The Department of Labor (“Department”) is issuing this final rule to remove the obsolete regulations.
2013-08-30; vol. 78 # 169 - Friday, August 30, 2013 78 FR 53643 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; indefinite delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 FR 3452 (January 19, 2011) (referred to herein as the 2011 Wage Rule), originally effective January 1, 2012, and which was previously made effective September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667 (August 1, 2011); and delayed to November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011); to January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011); to October 1, 2012, at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011); to March 27, 2013, at 77 FR 60040 (October 2, 2012); and to October 1, 2013, at 78 FR 19098 (March 29, 2013), is delayed indefinitely, effective on September 30, 2013. The Department will publish a later document in the Federal Register establishing a new effective date in the event of implementation of the 2011 Wage Rule. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (Department or we/us) is delaying indefinitely the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule (2011 Wage Rule), in order to comply with recurrent legislation that prohibits us from using any funds to implement it, and to permit time for consideration of public comments sought in conjunction with an interim final rule published April 24, 2013, 78 FR 24047. The 2011 Wage Rule revised the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The 2011 Wage Rule was originally scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2012, and the effective date has been extended a number of times, most recently to October 1, 2013. We are now delaying the effective date of the 2011 Wage Rule indefinitely. This rule does not affect the Interim Final Rule, 78 FR 24047, published on April 24, 2013, establishing the current prevailing wage methodology for the H-2B program; that rule remains in effect.
2013-04-24; vol. 78 # 79 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 78 FR 24047 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, Part 2
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Employment and Training Administration Interim final rule; request for comments. This interim final rule is effective April 24, 2013. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this interim final rule on or before June 10, 2013. 8 CFR Part 214 Summary The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) (jointly referred to as the Departments) are amending regulations governing certification for the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. This interim final rule revises how DOL provides the consultation that DHS has determined is necessary to adjudicate H-2B petitions by revising the methodology by which DOL calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited in connection with the application for certification; the prevailing wage is then used in petitioning DHS to employ nonimmigrant workers in H-2B status. DOL and DHS are jointly issuing this rule in response to the court's order in Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas v. Solis, which vacated portions of DOL's current prevailing wage rate regulation, and to ensure that there is no question that the rule is in effect nationwide in light of other outstanding litigation. This rule also contains certain revisions to DHS's H-2B rule to clarify that DHS is the Executive Branch agency charged with making determinations regarding eligibility for H-2B classification, after consulting with DOL for its advice about matters with which DOL has expertise, particularly, in this case, questions about the methodology for setting the prevailing wage in the H-2B program.
2013-03-29; vol. 78 # 61 - Friday, March 29, 2013 78 FR 19098 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 FR 3452 (January 19, 2011), originally effective January 1, 2012, and which was previously made effective September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667 (August 1, 2011); delayed to November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011); to January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011); to October 1, 2012, at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011); and to March 27, 2013, at 77 FR 60040 (October 2, 2012), is now delayed until October 1, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor is delaying the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule (the Wage Rule), in order to address legislation that prohibits any funds from being used to implement the Wage Rule for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Wage Rule revised 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 to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.
2012-10-02; vol. 77 # 191 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 77 FR 60040 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date for the final rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 3452, January 19, 2011, effective January 1, 2012, amended to September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667, August 1, 2011, delayed until November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011), delayed until January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011), and delayed until October 1, 2012 at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011), is further delayed until March 27, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (Department) is delaying the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule, in response to recently enacted legislation that prohibits any funds from being used to implement the Wage Rule for the first 6 months of fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Wage Rule revised 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 to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.
2012-05-16; vol. 77 # 95 - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 77 FR 28764 - Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Guidance. This guidance is effective May 16, 2012. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (the Department) is providing notice of the judicial order enjoining the Department from implementing and enforcing the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, published February 21, 2012 (the 2012 H-2B Final Rule). The 2012 H-2B Final Rule revised the requirements by which employers seeking H-2B workers apply for a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The effective date of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule was April 23, 2012. The operative date of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule was April 27, 2012. This document provides guidance to the regulated community of the injunction, by judicial order, of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule and the continuing effectiveness of the 2008 H-2B Rule until such time as further judicial or other action suspends or otherwise nullifies the order in the Bayou II litigation.
2012-04-23; vol. 77 # 78 - Monday, April 23, 2012 77 FR 24137 - Changes to the Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States; Revisions to Transition Period
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Guidance. This guidance is effective April 23, 2012. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary On February 21, 2012, the Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) published a Final Rule amending H-2B regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. On March 20, 2012, the Department published guidance informing employers of the dates by which their H-2B application must be postmarked in order to be governed by the Final Rule. This guidance revises these dates so that the Final Rule will become operative 60 days after it was reported to Congress.
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Title 20 published on 2012-04-01
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2014-03-14; vol. 79 # 50 - Friday, March 14, 2014 79 FR 14450 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Notification of Status of the 2011 H-2B Wage Rule. March 14, 2014. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (DOL) is providing notice to the regulated community of the status of Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program, published January 19, 2011 in the Federal Register . DOL intends to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on the proper wage methodology for the H-2B program, working off of the 2011 Wage Rule as a starting point.
2013-11-20; vol. 78 # 224 - Wednesday, November 20, 2013 78 FR 69538 - Attestation Process for Employers Using F-1 Students in Off-Campus Work
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations which provided rules governing employers seeking to hire F-1 foreign students as part-time workers off-campus. These subparts became obsolete after the authorizing statute and its two-year extension expired in 1996. Accordingly, the Department of Labor (the Department) is taking this action to remove regulations that no longer have force and effect.
78 FR 69539 - Removal of Attestation Process for Facilities Using H-1A Registered Nurses
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations found which provided rules governing health care facilities using nonimmigrant foreign workers as registered nurses under the H-1A visa program. These subparts became obsolete after the authorizing statute and all extensions expired. Accordingly, the Department of Labor (the Department) is taking this action to remove regulations that no longer have force and effect.
78 FR 69541 - Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A Agricultural Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; rescission of regulations. Effective November 20, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary This final rule rescinds the regulations for employers in the logging industry utilizing foreign workers. The regulations became obsolete after a rulemaking in 2010 reassigned them elsewhere in the Code of Federal Regulations. The Department of Labor (“Department”) is issuing this final rule to remove the obsolete regulations.
2013-08-30; vol. 78 # 169 - Friday, August 30, 2013 78 FR 53643 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; indefinite delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 FR 3452 (January 19, 2011) (referred to herein as the 2011 Wage Rule), originally effective January 1, 2012, and which was previously made effective September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667 (August 1, 2011); and delayed to November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011); to January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011); to October 1, 2012, at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011); to March 27, 2013, at 77 FR 60040 (October 2, 2012); and to October 1, 2013, at 78 FR 19098 (March 29, 2013), is delayed indefinitely, effective on September 30, 2013. The Department will publish a later document in the Federal Register establishing a new effective date in the event of implementation of the 2011 Wage Rule. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (Department or we/us) is delaying indefinitely the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule (2011 Wage Rule), in order to comply with recurrent legislation that prohibits us from using any funds to implement it, and to permit time for consideration of public comments sought in conjunction with an interim final rule published April 24, 2013, 78 FR 24047. The 2011 Wage Rule revised the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The 2011 Wage Rule was originally scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2012, and the effective date has been extended a number of times, most recently to October 1, 2013. We are now delaying the effective date of the 2011 Wage Rule indefinitely. This rule does not affect the Interim Final Rule, 78 FR 24047, published on April 24, 2013, establishing the current prevailing wage methodology for the H-2B program; that rule remains in effect.
2013-07-23; vol. 78 # 141 - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 78 FR 44055 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Proposed Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Proposed delay of effective date; request for comments. Comments must be received on or before August 9, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (Department) is proposing to delay indefinitely the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule (2011 Wage Rule), in order to comply with recurrent legislation that prohibits the Department from using any funds to implement it, and to permit time for consideration of public comments sought in conjunction with an interim final rule published April 24, 2013, 78 FR 24047. The 2011 Wage Rule revised the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The 2011 Wage Rule was originally scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2012, and the effective date has been extended a number of times, most recently to October 1, 2013. 1 The Department is now proposing to delay the effective date of the 2011 Wage Rule until such time as Congress no longer prohibits the Department from implementing the 2011 Wage Rule. 1 The effective date of the 2011 Wage Rule was previously revised to September 30, 2011, 76 FR 45667 (Aug. 1, 2011); to November 30, 2011, 76 FR 59896 (Sept. 28, 2011); to January 1, 2012, 76 FR 73508 (Nov. 29, 2011); to October 1, 2012, 76 FR 82115 (Dec. 30, 2011); to March 27, 2013, 77 FR 60040 (Oct. 2, 2012); and to October 1, 2013, 78 FR 19098 (Mar. 29, 2013).
2013-04-24; vol. 78 # 79 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 78 FR 24047 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, Part 2
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Employment and Training Administration Interim final rule; request for comments. This interim final rule is effective April 24, 2013. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this interim final rule on or before June 10, 2013. 8 CFR Part 214 Summary The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) (jointly referred to as the Departments) are amending regulations governing certification for the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. This interim final rule revises how DOL provides the consultation that DHS has determined is necessary to adjudicate H-2B petitions by revising the methodology by which DOL calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited in connection with the application for certification; the prevailing wage is then used in petitioning DHS to employ nonimmigrant workers in H-2B status. DOL and DHS are jointly issuing this rule in response to the court's order in Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas v. Solis, which vacated portions of DOL's current prevailing wage rate regulation, and to ensure that there is no question that the rule is in effect nationwide in light of other outstanding litigation. This rule also contains certain revisions to DHS's H-2B rule to clarify that DHS is the Executive Branch agency charged with making determinations regarding eligibility for H-2B classification, after consulting with DOL for its advice about matters with which DOL has expertise, particularly, in this case, questions about the methodology for setting the prevailing wage in the H-2B program.
2013-03-29; vol. 78 # 61 - Friday, March 29, 2013 78 FR 19098 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 FR 3452 (January 19, 2011), originally effective January 1, 2012, and which was previously made effective September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667 (August 1, 2011); delayed to November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011); to January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011); to October 1, 2012, at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011); and to March 27, 2013, at 77 FR 60040 (October 2, 2012), is now delayed until October 1, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor is delaying the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule (the Wage Rule), in order to address legislation that prohibits any funds from being used to implement the Wage Rule for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Wage Rule revised 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 to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.
2012-10-02; vol. 77 # 191 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 77 FR 60040 - Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date for the final rule amending 20 CFR part 655, published at 76 3452, January 19, 2011, effective January 1, 2012, amended to September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 45667, August 1, 2011, delayed until November 30, 2011, at 76 FR 59896 (September 28, 2011), delayed until January 1, 2012, at 76 FR 73508 (November 29, 2011), and delayed until October 1, 2012 at 76 FR 82115 (December 30, 2011), is further delayed until March 27, 2013. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (Department) is delaying the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program final rule, in response to recently enacted legislation that prohibits any funds from being used to implement the Wage Rule for the first 6 months of fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Wage Rule revised 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 to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.
2012-05-16; vol. 77 # 95 - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 77 FR 28764 - Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Guidance. This guidance is effective May 16, 2012. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary The Department of Labor (the Department) is providing notice of the judicial order enjoining the Department from implementing and enforcing the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, published February 21, 2012 (the 2012 H-2B Final Rule). The 2012 H-2B Final Rule revised the requirements by which employers seeking H-2B workers apply for a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The effective date of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule was April 23, 2012. The operative date of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule was April 27, 2012. This document provides guidance to the regulated community of the injunction, by judicial order, of the 2012 H-2B Final Rule and the continuing effectiveness of the 2008 H-2B Rule until such time as further judicial or other action suspends or otherwise nullifies the order in the Bayou II litigation.
2012-04-23; vol. 77 # 78 - Monday, April 23, 2012 77 FR 24137 - Changes to the Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States; Revisions to Transition Period
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Employment and Training Administration Guidance. This guidance is effective April 23, 2012. 20 CFR Part 655 Summary On February 21, 2012, the Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) published a Final Rule amending H-2B regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. On March 20, 2012, the Department published guidance informing employers of the dates by which their H-2B application must be postmarked in order to be governed by the Final Rule. This guidance revises these dates so that the Final Rule will become operative 60 days after it was reported to Congress.
