The Labor Department plans to update the way it calculates the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) used in the H-2A guest worker program, which could be good news for growers. In a court filing, the ...

Labor Department is implementing a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates that could save employers an estimated $2.5 billion a year. In an interim final rule to be published in Thursday's ...

A new wage rate rule for agricultural guestworkers takes a much-needed step towards reforming regulations that have put labor out of reach for many of America’s farmers. The Department of Labor ...

On Aug 25, 2025, in Teche Vermilion Sugar Cane Growers Association Inc., et al. vs. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, et al., a U.S. district court in Louisiana vacated the 2023 disaggregation rule nationwide. In ...

Gateway Commercial Finance reports that 19 states raised the minimum wage in 2026, impacting B2B companies' cash flow and ...