A U.S. District Court judge in Florida late in the evening of April 26 issued a preliminary injunction against the massive H-2B rule rewrite. So the rule is blocked while the court considers the case.
Earlier this month, a group of plaintiffs including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, lawn, landscape, and forestry companies and associations, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, seeking to block the sweeping new Labor Department rule, which drastically rewrites the H-2B temporary and seasonal non-agricultural visa program. H-2B is widely used by the landscape industry and other interests to fill seasonal labor needs when too few American workers apply for such jobs. The plaintiffs in Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services et al. vs. Solis were seeking a temporary restraining order to block the rule from taking effect as scheduled on April 23.
The preliminary injunction also prevents the Department of Labor from implementing the earlier H-2B wage rule. While the ruling was in Florida, the decision applies nationwide.
To see the full text of the preliminary injunction visit http://bit.ly/H2Binjunction.