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Employment and Training
Administration
Labor Certification Process for the
Temporary Employment of Aliens in
Agriculture in the United States: 2014
Adverse Effect Wage Rates
Employment and Training
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) of the
Department of Labor (Department) is
issuing this notice to announce the 2014
Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for
the employment of temporary or
seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers
(H–2A workers) to perform agricultural
labor or services.
AEWRs are the minimum wage rates
the Department has determined must be
offered and paid by employers to H–2A
workers and workers in corresponding
employment for a particular occupation
and area so that the wages of similarly
employed U.S. workers will not be
adversely affected. 20 CFR 655.100(b).
In this notice, the Department
announces the AEWRs for calendar year
2014.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is
effective January 6, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, U.S. Department of Labor,
Room C–4312, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone: 202–693–3010 (this is not a
toll-free number).
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Citizenship and Immigration Services of
the Department of Homeland Security
will not approve an employer’s petition
for the admission of H–2A
nonimmigrant temporary agricultural
workers in the U.S. unless the petitioner
has received from the Department an H–
2A labor certification. The labor
certification provides that: (1) There are
not sufficient U.S. workers who are able,
willing, and qualified and who will be
available at the time and place needed
to perform the labor or services involved
in the petition; and (2) the employment
of the foreign worker(s) in such labor or
services will not adversely affect the
wages and working conditions of
workers in the U.S. similarly employed.
8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c)(1),
and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5).
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SUMMARY:
Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2014
The Department’s H–2A regulations at
20 CFR 655.120(l) provide that
employers must pay their H–2A workers
and workers in corresponding
employment at least the highest of: (i)
The AEWR; (ii) the prevailing hourly
wage rate; (iii) the prevailing piece rate;
(iv) the agreed-upon collective
bargaining wage rate, if applicable; or
(v) the Federal or State minimum wage
rate, in effect at the time the work is
performed.
Except as otherwise provided in 20
CFR part 655, subpart B, the region-
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wide AEWR for all agricultural
employment (except those occupations
deemed inappropriate under the special
procedure provisions of 20 CFR
655.102) for which temporary H–2A
certification is being sought is equal to
the annual weighted average hourly
wage rate for field and livestock workers
(combined) in the State or region as
published annually by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA). 20
CFR 655.120(c) requires that the
Administrator of the Office of Foreign
Labor Certification publish the USDA
field and livestock worker (combined)
wage data as AEWRs in a Federal
Register notice.
Accordingly, the 2014 AEWRs to be
paid for agricultural work performed by
H–2A and U.S. workers on or after the
effective date of this notice are set forth
in the table below:
TABLE—2014 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE
RATES
2014
AEWRs
State
TABLE—2014 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE
RATES—Continued
2014
AEWRs
State
Virginia ......................................
Washington ...............................
West Virginia ............................
Wisconsin .................................
Wyoming ...................................
9.87
11.87
10.10
11.49
10.69
Pursuant to the H–2A regulations at
20 CFR 655.173, the Department will
publish a separate Federal Register
notice in early 2014 to announce (1) The
allowable charges for 2014 that
employers seeking H–2A workers may
charge their workers for providing them
three meals a day; and (2) the maximum
travel subsistence reimbursement which
a worker with receipts may claim in
2014.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of
December 2013.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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9.97
9.87
11.01
10.89
11.22
11.06
10.26
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12.91
10.69
11.63
11.63
12.22
13.41
10.10
9.87
11.22
11.06
11.22
11.49
11.49
9.87
12.22
10.69
13.41
10.89
11.22
11.06
9.97
11.22
9.87
13.41
11.63
10.86
11.87
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of
Aliens in Agriculture in the United States: 2014 Adverse Effect Wage
Rates
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the
Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this notice to announce the
2014 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for the employment of temporary
or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers) to perform
agricultural labor or services.
AEWRs are the minimum wage rates the Department has determined must
be offered and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in
corresponding employment for a particular occupation and area so that
the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers will not be adversely
affected. 20 CFR 655.100(b). In this notice, the Department announces
the AEWRs for calendar year 2014.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is effective January 6, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. Department
of Labor, Room C-4312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210. Telephone: 202-693-3010 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services of the Department of Homeland Security will not approve an
employer's petition for the admission of H-2A nonimmigrant temporary
agricultural workers in the U.S. unless the petitioner has received
from the Department an H-2A labor certification. The labor
certification provides that: (1) There are not sufficient U.S. workers
who are able, willing, and qualified and who will be available at the
time and place needed to perform the labor or services involved in the
petition; and (2) the employment of the foreign worker(s) in such labor
or services will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions
of workers in the U.S. similarly employed. 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c)(1), and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5).
Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2014
The Department's H-2A regulations at 20 CFR 655.120(l) provide that
employers must pay their H-2A workers and workers in corresponding
employment at least the highest of: (i) The AEWR; (ii) the prevailing
hourly wage rate; (iii) the prevailing piece rate; (iv) the agreed-upon
collective bargaining wage rate, if applicable; or (v) the Federal or
State minimum wage rate, in effect at the time the work is performed.
Except as otherwise provided in 20 CFR part 655, subpart B, the
region-wide AEWR for all agricultural employment (except those
occupations deemed inappropriate under the special procedure provisions
of 20 CFR 655.102) for which temporary H-2A certification is being
sought is equal to the annual weighted average hourly wage rate for
field and livestock workers (combined) in the State or region as
published annually by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA). 20 CFR 655.120(c) requires that the Administrator of the Office
of Foreign Labor Certification publish the USDA field and livestock
worker (combined) wage data as AEWRs in a Federal Register notice.
Accordingly, the 2014 AEWRs to be paid for agricultural work
performed by H-2A and U.S. workers on or after the effective date of
this notice are set forth in the table below:
Table--2014 Adverse Effect Wage Rates
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State 2014 AEWRs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.................................................... $10.00
Arizona.................................................... 9.97
Arkansas................................................... 9.87
California................................................. 11.01
Colorado................................................... 10.89
Connecticut................................................ 11.22
Delaware................................................... 11.06
Florida.................................................... 10.26
Georgia.................................................... 10.00
Hawaii..................................................... 12.91
Idaho...................................................... 10.69
Illinois................................................... 11.63
Indiana.................................................... 11.63
Iowa....................................................... 12.22
Kansas..................................................... 13.41
Kentucky................................................... 10.10
Louisiana.................................................. 9.87
Maine...................................................... 11.22
Maryland................................................... 11.06
Massachusetts.............................................. 11.22
Michigan................................................... 11.49
Minnesota.................................................. 11.49
Mississippi................................................ 9.87
Missouri................................................... 12.22
Montana.................................................... 10.69
Nebraska................................................... 13.41
Nevada..................................................... 10.89
New Hampshire.............................................. 11.22
New Jersey................................................. 11.06
New Mexico................................................. 9.97
New York................................................... 11.22
North Carolina............................................. 9.87
North Dakota............................................... 13.41
Ohio....................................................... 11.63
Oklahoma................................................... 10.86
Oregon..................................................... 11.87
Pennsylvania............................................... 11.06
Rhode Island............................................... 11.22
South Carolina............................................. 10.00
South Dakota............................................... 13.41
Tennessee.................................................. 10.10
Texas...................................................... 10.86
Utah....................................................... 10.89
Vermont.................................................... 11.22
Virginia................................................... 9.87
Washington................................................. 11.87
West Virginia.............................................. 10.10
Wisconsin.................................................. 11.49
Wyoming.................................................... 10.69
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Pursuant to the H-2A regulations at 20 CFR 655.173, the Department
will publish a separate Federal Register notice in early 2014 to
announce (1) The allowable charges for 2014 that employers seeking H-2A
workers may charge their workers for providing them three meals a day;
and (2) the maximum travel subsistence reimbursement which a worker
with receipts may claim in 2014.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of December 2013.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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