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Farmworkers
Facts about Farmworkers
(Separate Website)
This web page contains basic information about farmworkers' (1) Economic Contribution, (2) Legal Status, (3) Wages and Benefits, (4) Health and Social Services, (5) Legislative Protection and (6) Housing.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Farmworkers and Colonia Communities
(Separate Website)
This site contains information about farm workers and colonia communities.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Find Farm Work
(Separate Website)
Clicking on Find Farm Work will take you to America's Job Bank.
Click on the box labeled "Select a State" to select the State where you want a job.
Click on the box labeled "Select Job Title" to go to a job search screen.
Expand "FARMING, FISHING AND FORESTRY."
Select "FARM, GREENHOUSE, NURSERY WORKERS" or "FARMING, FISHING AND FORESTRY WORKERS."
You may select additional States by clicking on "More Location Options."
Click on "Search Now."
By: America's Job bank
National Farmworkers Jobs Program
(Separate Website)
Federal laws concerning farm workers which address the chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment experienced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Immigrants
Combat Modern-Day Slavery: Worker Trafficking
The recently enacted Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 established important new tools and resources to combat trafficking and to provide vital assistance to its victims. An Internet link to the new legislation can be found at www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm. The law creates new felony criminal offenses to address slavery and peonage; sex trafficking in children; and the unlawful confiscation of a victim's passport or other identification documents. It creates a new "forced labor" felony that will provide federal law enforcement with the ability to prosecute the sophisticated forms of nonphysical coercion that traffickers use today to exploit their victims. And it requires traffickers to pay full restitution to victims and to forfeit their assets if convicted.
By: US Department of Justice
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Separate Website
Foreign Workers and Social Security Numbers
(Separate Website)
Are you temporarily in the United States to work? If you are, your employer will ask for your Social Security number. Social Security numbers are used to report your wages to the government. Social Security numbers can be assigned to foreign workers who are authorized to work in the United States.
By: Social Security Administration
Immigrants and Employment
(Separate Website)
This link includes articles about immigrants and employment originally published in the National Immigration Law Center newsletter.
By: National Immigration Law Center
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Compliance Assistance
(Separate Website)
The Immigration and Nationality act sets forth the conditions for the temporary employment of Aliens in the United States. This web site contains the laws, regulations and compliance guides for employers hiring immigrants in the U.S.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Informacion Importante para Trajadores Huespedes H2A (Important Information for H2A Farmworkers)
By: South Carolina Legal Services- Charleston
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Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural worker Protection Act
(Separate Website)
Link to US Dept of Agriculture; Adapted from "A Summary of Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting Agricultural Employers, 1992," by Jack L. Runyan, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agriculture Information Bulletin Number 652.
By: US Department of Agriculture
Other Resources
Checklist for Wage and Hour Claims
(Separate Website)
This is a checklist for identifying common Fair Labor Standards Act claims for low wage workers. Please consult an attorney to get an evaluation of your claims. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NHELP)
Day Laborers' Rights under Federal Law: Waiting Time and Deductions from Wage.
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet covers workers' rights to compensation for waiting time and the legality of common paycheck deductions under federal law. Please consult an attorney to get an evaluation of your claims. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Employer Work Authorization Verification
(Separate Website)
This fact sheets is an overview of the rights of workers when employers seek to verify or re-verify their work authorization. Please consult an attorney to get an evaluation of your claims. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Employment Relationship Checklists
(Separate Website)
These checklists are designed to assist organizers and workers when confronted with a minimum wage or overtime violation in a subcontracting or independent contractor employment situation. The checklists represent the three major tests for employment status under various federal labor and employment laws, in order of the narrowest to the broadest. The checklists are not exhaustive, and are meant to assist workers in determining whether there is an employment relationship with any number of possible responsible employers. Please consult an attorney to get an evaluation of your claims. The document is in PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Enforcement of Federal Laws Related to Payment of Wages
(Separate Website)
The Department of Labor enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which sets basic minimum wage and overtime pay standards. In addition to the FLSA, the DOL Wage and Hour Division enforces other labor laws related to wage payment. The web site also contains information on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Immigration Act of 1990, relating to immigrants working under HB-1 visas.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Fair Labor Standards Act Information
(Separate Website)
This web page contains: Fair Labor Standards Act/Child Labor Laws, Regulations, and information to help everyone comply with the law.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Household Workers
(Separate Website)
If you hire someone to work in your home, such as a cleaning person, a cook, a gardener or a baby sitter, both you and your employee should know about paying Social Security and Medicare taxes. Your household employee may be eligible for Social Security and Medicare some day?if you deduct Social Security and Medicare taxes from his or her wages, pay the taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and report the wages to the Social Security Administration.
By: Social Security Administration
Minimum Wage Facts
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about the federal minimum wage.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards
(Separate Website)
This web site contains a series of "Fact Sheets" that provide information about minimum wage requirements, the way the Fair Labor Standards Act to different kinds of work, the Family Medical Leave Act and other laws that apply to workers. The web site is sponsored by the US Department of Labor, Administrative Standards, Wage and Hour Division.
By: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division
New Hire Reporting
(Separate Website)
The Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, in compliance with State and Federal Laws, has developed the Employer New Hire Reporting Program. Through this program all employers must report all newly hired and rehired employees. This information will be used to ensure that non-custodial parents live up to their financial responsibilities to their children. By working together, the CSED and employers can reduce the burden on our nation's taxpayers and provide a better life for our nation's children.
By: SC Department of Social Services
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