Arbitrage H-2A Back Wage Litigation via Class-Action Financing
- Organization
- U.S. Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division)
- Sector
- Labor law firms specializing in agricultural worker rights
- Location
- United States
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Executive summary
Current state
GAO audit reveals DOL cannot effectively enforce H-2A visa compliance due to dependency on DHS's manual data processing systems, with 84% of investigations finding violations and H-2A accounting for 54% of agricultural back wages assessed, creating a structural gap between enforcement authority and data access.
Market catalyst
DOL recovers only a fraction of H-2A back wages due to worker location challenges and limited enforcement resources, despite H-2A violations accounting for 54% of all agricultural back wages assessed
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