The federal H-2A foreign guest-worker program allows employers who are short of workers to bring people into the United States to do seasonal agricultural work. The program’s many requirements include the following: • Recruitment Employers must demonstrate that there are insufficient U.S. workers to do the work by attempting to recruit U.S. workers.  Employers must hire any qualified and eligible U.S. worker who applies for the job until 50 percent of the work contract has elapsed. Employers must offer U.S. workers the same terms and working conditions as the foreign workers. • Wages The hourly pay rate must be at […]