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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Will Trump Administration Approve a Path to Work Visas for Undocumented? » Twice within the past several months, President Trump has teased that he would limit deportations of undocumented...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) New “Skinny” Farm Bill Crawls Toward Passage » Current Extension in Place The 2018 Farm Bill (officially the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ) has been extend...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) House Appropriations Committee Approves Bipartisan H-2B Amendment » On June 24, 2025 , the House Appropriations Committee approved a bipartisan H2-B amendment by Rep. Andy Harris (R‑MD...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Department of Labor Suspends Enforcement of Farmworker Protection Rule » On June 20, 2025 , the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division officially paused enforcement o...
Monday, June 16, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ICE Guidance Documents Available » PLNA's national partner AmericanHort has helpful resources available to assist you and your team in being prepared in t...
Monday, June 16, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Trump Administration Eases ICE Enforcement Against Ag and Hospitality... Then Reverses » Targeted pause on worksite raids ICE was instructed—via an internal memo from senior Homeland Security DHS) o...
Saturday, April 12, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Tariff Tango: Announce, Retaliate, Pause, Repeat » WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, April 9, President Donald Trump issued an executive order introducing significant changes to U....
Saturday, April 12, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Labor and Workforce Update on Undocumented Farm Labor » WASHINGTON - President Trump indicated “some flexibility” in allowing farmers to continue to employ undocumented immigrant...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA to slash headquarters, other staff and relocate some to new 'hubs' around the country » From GovExec.com WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department is planning to dismantle its presence in Washington, D.C., ac...
Sunday, March 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) FY 25 Second Half H-2B Cap Hit, Supplemental Visas Now Available » WASHINGTON - On Wednesday night, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USC...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Act Now to Release H-2B Visas » WASHINGTON - The H-2B cap for the second half of Fiscal 2025 was likely reached sometime during the week of March 3, but D...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) AmericanHort Petitions Trump Administration for Tariff Relief » WASHINGTON - On March 11, PLNA's national counterpart AmericanHort petitioned the Trump Administration for relief from 25%...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) US Treasury Suspends Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements » WASHINGTON - On Friday evening March 21, 2025, the U.S. Treasury (and it’s internal division called “FinCEN”) publicly rel...
Friday, February 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Guide for Potential ICE Raids » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Our national counterpart associations have warned us of increased enforcement action against companies...
Thursday, February 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) OSHA Guidelines for Maintaining Safety Data Sheets (SDS) » HARRISBURG - From time to time we get questions from PLNA members that we feel all could benefit from a refresher. Recentl...
Thursday, February 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Pennsylvania Nurseries Feeling Impact of USDA Cuts » WASHINGTON D.C. - Recent actions by the Trump administration, including significant layoffs and funding freezes, have prof...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Releases New Farm Labor Survey that Determines AEWRs » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the latest farm labor survey, which will be the basi...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) H-2A Seminar Offered » HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (DL&I) is hosting an H2A Program Masterclass on...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees Blocked by Courts » PLANO, TX - On November 15, 2024, a federal district court in Texas issued a decision blocking both rounds of increases in...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Trump Taps Brooke Rollins as Agriculture Secretary » WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rol...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) H-2B Update: Supplemental Rule Announcement Made » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) on Friday November 15 received official conf...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) OSHA Issues Proposed Rule on Worker Heat Protection » WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has released a proposed rule with the goal of protecting mill...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Far-Right Groups Strip Helpful H-2B Language from DHS Appropriation Bill » WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the recent House Appropriations Committee Markup of the FY 25 Department of Homeland Security bi...
Monday, June 17, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Are You Ready for the New Overtime Rules? » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule, Defining and Delim...
Monday, June 17, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Sweeping New H-2A Regulations Take Effect on June 28 » WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor has issued sweeping new rules for H-2A workers and H-2A employers. These r...
Monday, April 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Overtime Rule Moves Closer to Final » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 11, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review o...
Thursday, March 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Ask Your Congressmembers to Cosponsor Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2024 » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation was introduced in Congress that addresses permanent H-2B cap relief. Representative Slotkin...
Thursday, March 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) DHS Announces FY 24 Second Half H-2B 33,000 Cap Has Been Hit » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (US...
Thursday, February 29, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) New Federal Law Requires All Businesses to Register » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Jan. 1, 2024, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective. This legislation...
Thursday, February 29, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Ask Your Congressmembers to Support H.R. 6013 – Promoting Reduction of Emissions Through Landscaping » WASHINGTON, D.C. - PLNA is seeing a trend across the state by municipalities to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and other gas...
Friday, December 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Sets New H-2A Wage Rates with Farm Labor Survey » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Farm Labor Survey, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), provides...
Friday, December 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) DHS Proposed Rule- Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Reg...
Friday, December 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) DOL Proposed Rule- Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agriculture Employment in the Unit » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) Congressional Review Resolution Introduced » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ted Budd (R-NC) and Representatives Ralph Norman (R-SC) and G.T. Thompson...
Friday, February 3, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Green Industry Workforce Bills Die in Congress » Washington, D.C. - The last session of Congress continued until January 3, 2023, but there was no further action on bills...
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