Adverse Effect Wage Rate
Encyclopedia
The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is the minimum wage
that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has determined "must be offered and paid to U.S.
and alien workers by agricultural
employers of nonimmigrant H-2A agricultural workers" (Federal Register
, February 10, 1999, p. 6690). Where agricultural employers offer employment to nonimmigrant foreign worker
s, payment of at least the AEWR is required. Published once a year, usually in early February, by DOL with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the AEWR sets a separate minimum wage rate (i.e., a rate that will not adversely effect the employment opportunities of U.S. workers) for each state (see 20 CFR 655).
Minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labour. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in a great many jurisdictions, there are differences of opinion about...
that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has determined "must be offered and paid to U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and alien workers by agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
employers of nonimmigrant H-2A agricultural workers" (Federal Register
Federal Register
The Federal Register , abbreviated FR, or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains most routine publications and public notices of government agencies...
, February 10, 1999, p. 6690). Where agricultural employers offer employment to nonimmigrant foreign worker
Foreign worker
A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"...
s, payment of at least the AEWR is required. Published once a year, usually in early February, by DOL with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the AEWR sets a separate minimum wage rate (i.e., a rate that will not adversely effect the employment opportunities of U.S. workers) for each state (see 20 CFR 655).