20 C.F.R. § 655.105 Recruitment period.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
(a) Notice of acceptance of application for consideration; required recruitment. If the OFLC Administrator determines that the H–2A application meets the requirements of §§655.101–655.103 of this part, the OFLC Administrator shall promptly notify the employer (by means normally assuring next-day delivery) in writing with copies to the State agency. The notice shall inform the employer and the State agency of the specific efforts which will be expected from them during the following weeks to carry out the assurances contained in §655.103 with respect to the recruitment of U.S. workers. The notice shall require that the job order be laced into intrastate clearance and into interstate clearance to such States as the OFLC Administrator shall determine to be potential sources of U.S. workers. The notice may require the employer to engage in positive recruitment efforts within a multi-State region of traditional or expected labor supply where the OFLC Administrator finds, based on current information provided by a State agency and such information as may be offered and provided by other sources, that there are a significant number of able and qualified U.S. workers who, if recruited, would likely be willing to make themselves available for work at the time and place needed. In making such a finding, the OFLC Administrator shall take into account other recent recruiting efforts in those areas and will attempt to avoid requiring employers to futilely recruit in areas where there are a significant number of local employers recruiting for U.S. workers for the same types of occupations. Positive recruitment is in addition to, and shall be conducted within the same time period as, the circulation through the interstate clearance system of an agricultural clearance order. The obligation to engage in such positive recruitment shall terminate on the date H–2A workers depart for the employer's place of work. In determining what positive recruitment shall be required, the OFLC Administrator will ascertain the normal recruitment practices of non-H–2A agricultural employers in the area and the kind and degree of recruitment efforts which the potential H–2A employer made to obtain H–2A workers. The OFLC Administrator shall ensure that the effort, including the location(s) of the positive recruitment required of the potential H–2A employer, during the period after filing the application and before the date the H–2A workers depart their prior location to come to the place of employment, shall be no less than: (1) The recruitment efforts of non-H–2A agricultural employers of comparable or smaller size in the area of employment; and (2) the kind and degree of recruitment efforts which the potential H–2A employer made to obtain H–2A workers. (b) Recruitment of U.S. workers. After an application for temporary alien agricultural labor certification is accepted for processing pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the OFLC Administrator shall provide overall direction to the employer and the SWA with respect to the recruitment of U.S. workers. (c) Modifications. At any time during the recruitment effort, the OFLC Administrator may require modifications to a job offer when the OFLC Administrator determines that the job offer does not contain all the provisions relating to minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions, required by §655.102(b) of this part. If any such modifications are required after an application has been accepted for consideration by the OFLC Administrator, the modifications must be made; however, the certification determination shall not be delayed beyond the 20 calendar days prior to the date of need as a result of such modification. (d) Final determination. By 20 calendar days before the date of need specified in the application, except as provided for under §§655.101(c)(2) and 655.104(e) of this part for untimely modified applications, the OFLC Administrator, when making a determination of the availability of U.S. workers, shall also make a determination as to whether the employer has satisfied the recruitment assurances in §655.103 of this part. If the OFLC Administrator concludes that the employer has not satisfied the requirements for recruitment of U.S. workers, the OFLC Administrator shall deny the temporary alien agricultural labor certification, and shall immediately notify the employer in writing with a copy to the SWA. The notice shall contain the statements specified in §655.104(d) of this part. (e) Appeal procedure. With respect to determinations by the OFLC Administrator pursuant to this section, if the employer timely requests an expedited administrative review or a de novo hearing before an administrative law judge, the procedures in §655.112 of this part shall be followed. [52 FR 20507, June 1, 1987, as amended at 71 FR 35519, June 21, 2006]
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 655—TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES
Subpart B—Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (H–2A Workers)
§ 655.105 Recruitment period.
