Changes to US temporary worker scheme criticized

Horse farms inwards the US of America that run temporary workers from other countries volition shortly honor it harder, the American Horse Council (AHC) says.

New changes to the US of America Department of Labour’s  H-2B temporary invitee worker programme come upwards into final result on Apr 23.

There volition live on pregnant changes to the means the H-2B visa programme operates for all employers, including those inwards the Equus caballus industry, the council says.

“Anyone inwards the Equus caballus manufacture who uses the H-2B programme needs to live on aware of this novel rule,” council president Jay Hickey says.

“It makes major changes to the responsibilities of employers using the programme together with if the novel guidelines aren’t followed employers could live on fined together with barred from using the program.”

The H-2B programme is used yesteryear members of the Equus caballus industry, principally Equus caballus trainers together with owners who cannot honor American workers to create total semi-skilled jobs at racetracks, Equus caballus shows, fairs together with inwards like non-agricultural activities.

The AHC believes the novel dominion volition brand the H-2B programme to a greater extent than costly together with burdensome for employers who are forced to run the programme together with has opposed the novel rule.

“It is unfortunate the Department of Labour decided to finalize this rule,”  AHC legislative manager Ben Pendergrass said.

“This dominion volition come inwards hard for trainers together with others inwards the Equus caballus manufacture to run the programme together with could comport on American jobs. The electrical flow dominion was working good for the manufacture together with included many protections for unusual together with American workers.”

The concluding rule, amid other things, will:

• Require an employer to pay around inbound together with outbound locomote expenses for H-2B workers.
• Extend H-2B programme benefits, such every bit reimbursement of transportation cost, to American “corresponding workers” that piece of work amongst H-2B workers together with perform substantially the same work.
• Require employers to render documentation that they get got taken appropriate steps to recruit US of America workers, rather than permitting employers to attest to such compliance.
• Increase the amount of fourth dimension employers must endeavor to recruit US of America workers.
• Prohibit chore contractors from using the program.
• Define temporary quest every bit nine months, previously it was 10 months.
• Define total fourth dimension job every bit 35 hours a week, previously it was xxx hours.

Pendergrass continued: “This concluding dominion is complex together with has many novel provisions together with changes. If you lot are an employer who uses the programme you lot should review the novel guidelines together with contact the lawyer or agent you lot run to procedure H-2B applications to ensure you lot are inwards compliance with the novel dominion when it goes into final result on Apr 23.”

Hickey commented: “Many members of Congress are every bit good displeased with this novel dominion together with believe it could wound industries inwards their states. The AHC is going to expire on to piece of work with those members to endeavor together with curlicue dorsum this novel rule.

“Unfortunately, gridlock inwards Washington volition forbid whatsoever quick activeness yesteryear Congress together with the Equus caballus manufacture volition get got to comply with the novel dominion for the foreseeable future.”

 

Department of Labour  guidance together with the consummate dominion tin live on institute on the Department of Labor’s website.

 

 

 

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