MAS Regulations & Guidance

Regulations

• 20 CFR Part 651: General Provisions Governing the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (including definitions)
• 20 CFR Part 653 Subpart B: Services for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs)
• 20 CFR Part 654: Special Responsibilities of the Employment Service System (including Subpart E - Housing for Farmworkers)
• 20 CFR Part 658 Subpart E: Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System
• 20 CFR Part 658, Subpart F: Discontinuation of Services to Employers by the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service
• Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States Final Rule (“Farmworker Protection Rule”), 89 FR 33898, April 29, 2024. This final rule revises the ES regulations at 20 CFR parts 651, 653, and 658, which relate to the Agricultural Recruitment System and the situations where SWAs discontinue providing ES services to employers. States and employers must comply with the ES-related changes in this final rule on the effective date, which is June 28, 2024. For more information, see Training and Employment Notice No. 27-23, the Department’ s Farmworker Protection Final Rule webpage, and the June 6, 2024 Farmworker Protection Rule webinar and slides located on the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program page.
• Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Final Rule, 88 FR 82658, November 24, 2023. The final rule requires states to use state merit staff to provide ES services, including ES services to MSFWs. The final rule also makes changes to 20 CFR parts 651, 652, 653, 654, and 658 to strengthen ES services that states provide to MSFWs and to enhance worker protections. For more information, see Training and Employment Notice No. 10-23 and a webcast on WorkforceGPS, which provide a summary of the changes.
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rule. 81 FR 56072, August 19, 2016.

Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGL) and Training and Employment Notices (TEN):

• TEN 20-17: Communication Plan for Designation of Significant Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker (MSFW) States, Significant MSFW One-Stop Centers, and Significant Multilingual MSFW One-Stop Centers.

Significant MSFW States and Significant MSFW One-Stop Centers Designations:

• Current List of Significant MSFW States and Significant MSFW One-Stop Centers

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• Resource Publication Date: 2019
• Posted by: Timmy Dudley
• Posted in: Agricultural Connection