Employment and Training Administration March 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is issuing this annual notice to announce the updated allowable charges employers of H-2A workers, in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range, may charge these workers when the employer provides three meals per day. This notice also announces the maximum travel subsistence meal reimbursement a worker with receipts may claim, under the H-2A and H-2B programs. In addition, this notice includes a reminder regarding employers' obligations with respect to overnight lodging costs as part of required subsistence.

The Department of Labor is issuing this direct final rule (DFR) to establish a system of discretionary secretarial review over cases pending before or decided by the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals and to make technical changes to Departmental regulations governing the timing and finality of decisions of the Administrative Review Board and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals to ensure consistency with the new discretionary review processes proposed in this rule and established in Secretary's Order 01-2020.