{"abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) is postponing the effective date of the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non- Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Final Rule, 76 FR 3452, Jan. 19, 2011, (the Wage Rule). 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. The effective date of the Wage Rule was set at January 1, 2012. However, the Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Amendment of Effective Date; Final Rule, 76 FR 45667, August 1, 2011 revised the effective date to September 30, 2011. Due to pending legal challenges, we are postponing the effective date of the Wage Rule to November 30, 2011, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 705.","action":"Final rule; delay of effective date.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2011/09/28/2011-24969.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":655,"title":20}],"citation":"76 FR 59896","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The effective date of the rule amending 20 CFR part 655 published at 76 FR 45667, August 1, 2011 is delayed until November 30, 2011.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2011-24969","effective_on":"2011-08-01","end_page":59897,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2011/09/28/2011-24969.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/09/28/2011-24969/wage-methodology-for-the-temporary-non-agricultural-employment-h-2b-program-postponement-of","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-24969?publication_date=2011-09-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2011-09-28/2011-24969/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":194,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-28/pdf/2011-24969.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2011-09-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2011/09/28/2011-24969.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1205-AB61":{"issue":"201304","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1205-AB61/wage-methodology-for-the-temporary-nonagricultural-employment-h-2b-program","title":"Wage Methodology for the Temporary Nonagricultural Employment H-2B Program","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201304&RIN=1205-AB61&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1205-AB61"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-10-18T08:08:44Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":59896,"subtype":null,"title":"Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Postponement of Effective Date","toc_doc":"Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H2B Program; Postponement of Effective Date","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":76}