# Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States; Announcement of Non-Material Change to the Farm Labor Survey Used for Determining the Adverse Effect Wage Rate
> **Wage and Hour Division** · Announcement of non-material change. · Published 2012-03-02 · Effective 2012-03-02 · 77 FR 12723
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-5201
- **Category:** wage-hour
- **Sub-agency:** Wage and Hour Division
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 12723
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 655
- **Publication date:** 2012-03-02
- **Effective date:** 2012-03-02
## Abstract

Under the Department of Labor's (we or the Department) H-2A temporary labor certification program, Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) are the minimum wage rates the Department has determined must be offered and paid by employers to H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment for a particular occupation and area such that the wages of similarly employed United States (U.S.) workers will not be adversely affected. 20 CFR 655.100(b). AEWRs are derived from the Farm Labor Survey (FLS) issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In the interest of government transparency, we are publishing this document to announce a non-material change in the frequency of establishment surveys under the FLS (and its accompanying publication) beginning in 2012.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/03/02/2012-5201/labor-certification-process-for-the-temporary-employment-of-aliens-in-agriculture-in-the-united)
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