LM StaffMar 13, 2024
The Herring Group, led by Greg Herring, will cohost a webinar with Unlimited Labor Solutions aimed at educating landscape business owners on a process to convert temporary H-2A or H-2B visa workers to permanent employees and green card holders.
LM StaffFeb 26, 2024
Dario’s Landscaping will pay $1.1 million, plus $12,021 in post-judgment interest and will be debarred from the H-2B program for one year.
LM StaffJul 10, 2023
The National Association of Landscape Professionals designates FEWA as a strategic provider for H-2B services and will share webinars and other resources with its members.
Department of labor says Triad Associates of Haverhill, Mass., failed to comply with H-2B guest worker program and comply with Fair Labor Standards.
LM StaffAug 16, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order to enable the recovery of $317,097 in back wages from an Ambler, Pa., swimming pool subcontractor.
LM StaffApr 25, 2023
As the Department of Homeland Security mulls adding a $600 fee to each petition and extending processing fees, lawmakers share concerns about its impact on small businesses.
Christina HerrickAug 15, 2023
LM spoke with landscape professionals across the country to learn what they’re doing to educate and inform their customers, neighbors and lawmakers about the benefits the green industry brings to communities.
LM StaffAug 15, 2023
The association will host two separate events to target two key priorities individually.
LM StaffMar 7, 2023
The Herring Group and Unlimited Labor Solutions will host a webinar to coach owners through the process to convert temporary H-2B workers to permanent employees.
The Department of Labor's H-2B visa compliance initiative has made significant progress in the Southeast, including barring one landscaping operation.
LM StaffApr 22, 2022
Violations of the H-2B worker visa program have led U.S. Department of Labor to administer penalties for New Jersey-based Turf Masters.
Christina HerrickMar 7, 2022
More than 120 members of the National Association of Landscape Professionals participated in virtual meetings with congressional staffers to discuss the major issues impacting the green industry.
LM StaffNov 9, 2023
The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) is praising a bipartisan group of lawmakers for legislation that would permanently relieve caps on H-2B visas, making it easier to bring workers into the country.
LM StaffJun 1, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said Alvarado Landscaping of Lorain, Ohio, must pay $40k in penalties and $36k in back wages following violations of the temporary foreign workers' visa program. As part of the H-2B temporary worker program, employers…
LM StaffApr 27, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security added a supplemental increase of 22,000 visas for the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker program. The additional visas will be made available in the coming months via a temporary final rule in the Federal Register. The…
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