The federal government has announced it intends to rethink how it calculates the Adverse Effect Wage Rate, the regionalized minimum wage that farmers must pay temporary foreign workers under the H-2A visa program. The federal announcement comes amid a flurry of changes to the regulatory landscape surrounding the H-2A program, many of which swing in favor of employers looking to increase efficiency and reduce costs.  Related: Labor department suspends enforcement of contentious 2024 H-2A rule “We have not seen positive changes like this for quite some time,” said Enrique Gastelum, CEO of WAFLA, a Washington nonprofit that facilitates most of […]