Related: Federal government finalizes streamlined H-2A rules After more than a year of proposed changes, lawsuits and “final” changes that ended up not so final, growers making plans for their H-2A contracts are still subject to the same rules as always. Currently, growers must use the 2020 Adverse Effect Wage Rate, or AEWR, when calculating wages for H-2A workers. Due to a federal judge’s order, the U.S. Department of Labor is expected to set the 2021 AEWR sometime before Feb. 25 using the same methodology it has since 2010. AEWR had been the subject of proposed federal rule revisions and […]