[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]

Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-
2B Program; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) is delaying the effective
date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural
Employment H-2B Program (the Wage Rule) to October 1, 2012 in response
to recently enacted legislation that prohibits any funds from being
used to implement the Wage Rule for the remainder of fiscal year (FY)
2012. The Wage Rule revised the methodology by which we calculate the
prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States (U.S.)
workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification
for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security to employ a
nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status.

DATES: The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655,
published January 19, 2011, at 76 FR 3452, delayed at 76 FR 45667,
August 1, 2011, and further delayed at 76 FR 59896, September 28, 2011,
and 76 FR 73508, November 29, 2011, is delayed further until October 1,
2012.