DOL Issues Guidance on Employment of H-2B Workers in Unapproved Job Classifications

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a bulletin to the field regarding employment of H-2B workers in unapproved job classifications (i.e., a job classification not listed on the Application for Temporary Employment Certification (TEC), Form ETA-9142B). The memo notes that such employment violates the requirement that employers may not place H-2B workers in positions not listed on the TEC application. 

The memo provides information on the “harms inflicted on the U.S. and H-2B workforce” by such employment and provides “guidance on the sanctions and remedies” that the WHD may implement.

Related Link:

• “Employment of H-2B Workers in a Job Classification Not Listed on the TEC Application (Form ETA-9142B) in the H-2B Visa Program,” DOL/WHD Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2022-3, Apr. 13, 2022