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Farmers and Maryland Labor Tell Committee H‑2A Program Is Essential but Constrained by Federal Rules
Summary
The Maryland Department of Labor and Maryland Farm Bureau told the Economic Matters Committee the H‑2A program is essential to agriculture, that employers typically provide housing and pay associated costs, and that many program rules and inspections are governed by federal authorities.
Representatives of the Maryland Department of Labor and the Maryland Farm Bureau told the House Economic Matters Committee that the H‑2A foreign labor program remains essential to many farms but is tightly governed by federal law and funding.
Erin Rolfe, assistant secretary for the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning at the Maryland Department of Labor, said the state administers the migrant and seasonal farmworker and foreign labor certification programs with federal…
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