Labor Department Seeks New Process for Hiring Foreign Guest Workers

Employers may have to seek U.S. workers through the Internet before they can tap into foreign guest labor.

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The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a change in the way employers try to recruit U.S. workers before they hire foreign guest labor through the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.

H-2B visas are for non-agricultural seasonal workers—like a landscaper or a cook at a resort.

But before employers can tap into foreign guest labor, they have to seek U.S. workers through ads in newspapers.

The ads could eventually go on the Internet instead.

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