The Labor Department plans to update the way it calculates the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) used in the H-2A guest worker program, which could be good news for growers. In a court filing, the ...

Labor Department is implementing a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates that could save employers an estimated $2.5 billion a year. In an interim final rule to be published in Thursday's ...

On Aug 25, 2025, in Teche Vermilion Sugar Cane Growers Association Inc., et al. vs. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, et al., a U.S. district court in Louisiana vacated the 2023 disaggregation rule nationwide. In ...

The U.S. Department of Labor implemented new regulations last week that will lower wages for many farmworkers in the Northwest. Over the last decade, farms in the region have increased their use of ...

Gateway Commercial Finance reports that 19 states raised the minimum wage in 2026, impacting B2B companies' cash flow and ...