Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)
DOCID: fr21se09-72 FR Doc E9-22508
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr21se09-72
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of publication.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Publication of Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 11-07, Change 2
DATES: This Notice of Publication is effective September 21, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is publishing Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 1107, Change 2, which rescinds TEGL No. 1107, Change 1. The 2008 Final Rule implementing the H2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program, 73 FR 77109, Dec. 18, 2008 mirrors the clarification guidance of TEGL 1107, Change 1, making the TEGL unnecessary and redundant.
SUMMARY:
Publication of Training and Employment Guidance Letter (No. 11–07)
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Background
On November 14, 2007, the Department published TEGL No. 1107, Change 1 that provided additional guidance to the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and ETA National Processing Centers (NPCs) involved in the processing of H2A labor certification applications for temporary agricultural employment of foreign workers in the United States. Specifically, the clarifications provided direction to employer application filing, recruitment and housing standards.
Need for Rescission
On December 18, 2008 the Department published in the Federal Register final regulations that reengineered the H2A temporary agricultural workers program. These regulations went into effect on January 17, 2009. The regulations fully address employers' obligations with respect to applications, recruitment, and housing standards making TEGL 1107, Change 1 redundant and unnecessary. In addition, the re engineering of the H2A program revised the role of both the NPC and the SWAs, making portions of the TEGL inaccurate. The Department no longer requires the guidance provided in TEGL No. 1107, Change 1 and is rescinding TEGL 1107, Change 1.
Signed in Washington, DC this 26th day of August, 2009. Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. E922508 Filed 91809; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For information on the H-2A labor certification process governed by this publication, contact William L. Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C4312, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 6933010 (this is not a tollfree number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service at 1800877 8339.