The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) published a short-lived final guideline (TFR) increasing the numerical constraint on H-2B visas to no greater than 64,716 for FY 2024 positions with start dates of work on or after October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, to certifying employers that are suffering permanent damage or will suffer approaching irreversible damage without the capability to utilize all of the H-2B workers asked for under the cap increase. Under this TFR and in order to offer U.S. employees a reasonable chance to pursue jobs for which companies will be seeking foreign employees under this TFR, the Departments have figured out that if companies submit an I-129 petition with DHS 30 or more days after their licensed start dates of work, as shown on its previously authorized DOL Form ETA-9142B, Final Determination: H-2B Temporary Labor Certification Approval (H-2B TLC), they must take extra, positive recruitment steps to market the task chance to potential U.S. employees who are certified, willing, and readily available to perform the work.
Employers that are required to take part in additional recruitment must, to name a few requirements, position a brand-new task order with the State Workforce Agency (SWA) serving the location of designated work no behind the next business day after submitting an I-129 petition for H-2B employees to DHS, promote the job opportunity for a period of at least 15 calendar days, and inform the SWA that the task order is being positioned in connection with a previously sent and licensed H-2B TLC by supplying the SWA with the distinct H-2B TLC case number appointed by the DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). Under this TFR, companies must likewise provide the OFLC with the distinct H-2B TLC case number simultaneously with their placement of brand-new task orders with the SWAs. This notice enables OFLC to cross recommendation and repost details about the job chances that are supplied on the companies' accredited H-2B TLC and initially published on this SeasonalJobs.dol.gov site.
In support of the TFR, the data file below in Microsoft Excel format offers current information about the short-term or seasonal H-2B task chances that have actually been promoted or are currently being advertised concurrently with the SWA(s) for recruitment of U.S.bridgewateruk.com employees and for which OFLC has actually gotten an unique H-2B TLC case number from the company. A record layout in Adobe PDF format including a description of each information field is likewise readily available for download.
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