The Department of Labor said on Friday that it was suspending a Biden-era regulation aimed at providing workplace organizing protections to foreign farmworkers holding H-2A visas in the United States.
The farmworker rule, implemented last year under President Joe Biden’s administration, allowed farmers to hire H-2A workers, or foreign farmworkers on a temporary basis, when there are not enough willing and qualified U.S. workers available for the job.
Under this rule, farmworkers are allowed to advocate for better working conditions and improve accountability for employers in the H-2A visa program, among other provisions.
However, the department called the rule “burdensome” and said it had already been suspended due to federal court injunctions….
DOL Suspends Enforcement of Biden-Era Farmworker Rule
