Remote work continues in 2021 due to the pandemic. Employers should review how their team has adapted to remote work and continue to look for ways to keep operations running efficiently and with positive employee morale. 

DOL released additional information on the random groupings for H-2B visa processing

Please see below the announcement made yesterday by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) regarding H-2B applications.

OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers Seeking H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2021

To keep the public informed regarding the submission and assignment of H-2B applications for review, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published the assignment group(s) for 5,377 H-2B applications covering 96,641 worker positions with the start date of work of April 1, 2021.

Following the randomization procedures published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019, OFLC completed the randomization process on January 5 and assigned to National Processing Center analysts all H-2B applications placed in Assignment Group A for issuance of Notices of Deficiency or Acceptance. Group A includes enough worker positions to reach the H-2B semi-annual visa allotment of 33,000. Four additional Assignment Groups (Groups B-E) were created for the remaining applications, each of which includes no more than 20,000 worker positions.

On January 5, 2021, OFLC provided written notice to each employer (and the employer's authorized attorney or agent) informing them about the Assignment Group for their application(s).

• View the Assignment Groups for H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3, 2021