20 CFR 655.100 : Employees' Benefits (§ 1.1 To Parts 1011-1099) — (Part 500 To § 656.41) — Employment And Training Administration, Department Of Labor (Part 600 To § 656.41) — Temporary Employment Of Foreign Workers In The United States (§ 655.0 To § 655.1319) — Labor Certification Process For Temporary Agricultural Employment In The United States (H-2A Workers) (§ 655.100 To § 655.235) — Scope and purpose of subpart B.

This subpart sets out the procedures established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor (the Secretary) under the authority given in 8 U.S.C. 1188 to acquire information sufficient to make factual determinations of:

(a) Whether there are sufficient able, willing, and qualified United States (U.S.) workers available to perform the temporary and seasonal agricultural employment for which an employer desires to import nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A workers); and

(b) Whether the employment of H-2A workers will adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the U.S. similarly employed.