{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) and Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification) (federal agencies)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of Labor","authority":"Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, sec. 105; 8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1184; 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.","instrument":"Temporary final rule, Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers, 86 Fed. Reg. 28198 (May 25, 2021)","title":"Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers","dateIssued":"2021-05-25","effective":"2021-05-25","end":"2021-09-30 (20 C.F.R. amendments; 20 C.F.R. 655.68 to 2024) and 2021-11-22 (8 C.F.R. amendments)","startDate":"2021-05-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["H-2B employers (landscaping, hospitality, seafood, construction, forestry)","H-2B workers"],"clause":"SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising his time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 authority and increasing the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas by up to 22,000 additional visas through the end of FY 2021... The amendments to title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations in this rule are effective from May 25, 2021 through the end of November 22, 2021. The amendments to title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations in this rule are effective from May 25, 2021 through September 30, 2021, except for 20 CFR 655.68 which is effective from May 25, 2021 through May 25, 2024.","enforcement":"Attestation requirements (Form ETA-9142B-CAA-4) enforceable through DOL WHD H-2B enforcement (20 C.F.R. part 655 subpart A; 29 C.F.R. part 503) and DHS petition conditions","functions":["LB seasonal non-agricultural labor for the 2021 summer season, conditioned on COVID-19 attestations and portability rules","HR hiring under the supplemental cap","SC"],"notes":"The rule\u0027s preamble recites the COVID-19 disruption of the FY2021 H-2B season (including the pause on Proclamation 10052 processing) as the reason for the supplemental allocation and portability; in force through the last day of 2021 Q3.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/fr/86/28198?link-type=pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":660764,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014","citation":"Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, Temporary final rule, Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers, 86 Fed. Reg. 28198 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014)","stateName":"","related":[]}