ISSUE 1055
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently
published in the Federal Register the 2005 adverse
effect wage rates (AEWR) for employers seeking to employ nonimmigrant
alien workers for temporary or seasonal agricultural work.
DOL's regulations for the H-2A program require that covered
employers offer and pay their U.S. and H-2A workers no less
than the applicable hourly adverse effect wage rate. Under the regulations, H-2A employers must
pay to both H-2A and U.S. workers the AEWR, the prevailing
wage rate, or the federal minimum wage rate -- whichever is
higher. The AEWR is equal to the annual weighted average hourly
rate for field and livestock workers (combined) for the state
as published annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For Florida, the new AEWR is $8.07 per hour, which is equal
to last year's average hourly earnings of field and livestock
workers in Florida.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) USDA ANNOUNCES CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BUSH NOMINATES OHIO CONGRESSMAN FOR TRADE POST FFVA PROVIDES TESTIMONY AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON METHYL BROMIDE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TALKS AG ISSUES IN TALLAHASSEE CANKER FOUND IN MARTIN COUNTY GROVE USDA PUBLISHES WINTER LABOR STATISTICS CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT AGRICULTURE ON AG DAY FORT PIERCE RESEARCH LAB TO HOLD GRAND OPENING FFVA TRADE ASSOCIATE MEMBER BRINGS FERTILIZER PRODUCTS TO U.S.
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