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  • 2024-29549 — Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Foreign Workers in Agriculture in the United States: Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 101628
    Reading Time:about 8 minutes

    The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration announced updates to the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for H-2A temporary agricultural workers in the U.S. These wage rates are the minimum amounts employers must pay to ensure that the U.S. workers' wages and conditions are not negatively impacted. The new AEWRs, effective December 16, 2024, or December 30, 2024, for certain states due to a court order, apply to specific agricultural job categories. The rates are based on the USDA's Farm Labor Report and ensure that employers pay workers adequately according to established wage data.

    Simple Explanation

    The government changed the rules to make sure that farms pay fair wages to foreign workers who come to the U.S. to help with planting and harvesting, so that American workers' pay doesn't drop. These new rules set specific amounts that farmers have to pay workers starting in December 2024.

  • 2024-29476 — Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 101628
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Department of Justice has lodged a proposed Consent Decree with a federal court in New Jersey concerning three companies linked to the CPS/Madison Superfund Site. These companies are expected to carry out and help with environmental cleanup efforts that could cost around $14 million. The decree outlines that the U.S. government won't sue the companies for these specific cleanup actions. The public has 30 days to submit comments on this proposal.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants three companies to clean up pollution at a special area in New Jersey and promises not to sue them for it. People have 30 days to say what they think about this idea.