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After taking office, President Trump signed a number of executive orders targeting illegal immigration, including Executive Order 14159, which orders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct expedited removals of unauthorized individuals in the country. As of Feb. 3, the Department of Homeland Security has reported its agents have arrested 8,768 people. Historically, ICEās […]
On Aug. 20, 2024, the National Association of Landscape Professionals hosted over 50 scientists from EPAās Office of Pesticide Programs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at NALPās annual Advocacy Field Trip event. This year it was held at the Manassas branch office of Virginia Green Lawn Care and at the Northern Fauquier Community Park […]
NALP partnered with the Federation of Employers & Workers of America, the Seasonal Employment Alliance, and AmericanHort to host their annual H-2B fly-in on May 21-22, prior to the Department of Homeland and Department of Labor Appropriations markup. This is our prime time to speak with legislators about the importance of the H-2B program and […]
Recently, the Department of Labor issued a final rule, updating and revising regulations outlined in 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The rule addresses the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employees and will take effect on July 1, 2024, increasing both the standard salary level […]
On Sept. 7, 2023, the National Association of Landscape Professionals hosted staff members of the EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and USDA to show how lawn care companies safely and effectively apply products to stop invasive species and maintain the health of our green spaces. Bob Mann, senior director of regulatory and technical affairs […]
The landscape industry frequently comes under fire for issues including the use of gas-powered equipment, synthetic weed control and water management. āIf we look at anything at the macro level, there is usually some grain of truth and validity,ā says Roscoe Klausing, founder and owner of Klausing Group. āIt is when we get into the […]
At the end of last month, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect, which requires employers to provide āreasonable accommodationsā to a workerās known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer āundue hardship.ā While the law passed last December, it did not go into effect […]
On June 13 and 14, nearly 130 landscape professionals from at least 25 states gathered at the nationās capital to meet with their representatives to lobby for the permanent worker exclusion for the H-2B program. āI think if landscape professionals want to change policy and impact policy, they have to be able to show up […]
The 2022 mid-terms came and went on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and unfortunately, the results are still not yet final for control of either of the House or the Senate in the 118th Congress. Going into this election, pundits were beginning to predict that we could see a massive wave election like in 1994 and 2010 […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Department of Labor (DOL), will be issuing a regulation that will make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These visas are in addition to the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally allocated each fiscal year. DHS hopes that […]
