LM StaffFeb 27, 2023
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reopened the H-2B cap for the second half of 2015 on June 5. The agency is accepting requests for…
LM StaffAug 16, 2023
The National Hispanic Landscape Alliance (NHLA) joined Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services, the National Association of Landscape Professionals, Superior Forestry and the Small and Seasonal…
LM StaffNov 10, 2023
Christina Bellantoni, editor-in-chief of Roll Call and former political editor for the PBS NewsHouse, will deliver the keynote speech at the National Association of Landscape…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) resumed processing certifications for the H-2B program, following an April 15 court order permitting it to do so, according…
Gregg RobertsonNov 3, 2023
For many landscape contractors, having a good season depends on getting their H-2B workers on time and in the numbers they requested. This season has…
LM StaffNov 3, 2023
Last week, Arnulfo Hinojosa, vice president of the Federation of Employees & Workers of America (FEWA), and Jarrod Sharp, general counsel at FEWA, spoke about…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will resume reviewing H-2B guest-worker visa applications, the agency announced March 17. Its premium processing service remains suspended. Earlier…
If you have not heard by now, as of March 5, the H-2B program has been temporarily shut down at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)…
Last week the federal government temporarily halted the H-2B guest worker visa program due to a Florida federal court decision. As of March 5 the…
LM StaffFeb 12, 2015
On Feb. 2, the Department of Homeland Security revealed the H-2B cap was reached for the first half of fiscal 2015, hence the U.S. Citizenship…
LM StaffAug 15, 2023
A New York federal court granted final approval on a $1.2 million deal between TruGreen LandCare and former H-2B workers with the company, Law360 reports. The…
On Nov. 20, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions that would defer deportation for an estimated 4.5 million undocumented immigrants currently residing…
Gregg RobertsonNov 9, 2023
As the 113th U.S. Congress comes to the end of its term in December, many are calling it the most unproductive Congress in history. Partisan…
Sarah PfleddererAug 15, 2023
Former foreign workers of TruGreen Landcare are further urging a New York federal court to grant final approval to their $1.8 million collective and class…
Sarah PfleddererNov 9, 2023
“In the pre-dawn glow of the security lights on Monterrey’s Ocampo Street, the hopefuls arrive, lugging duffel bags and pulling small suitcases behind them. Many…
International Labor Management Corp., a firm that facilitates the H-2B guest-worker visa program process for employers, was indicted on 41 counts of visa fraud last…
Marisa PalmieriNov 9, 2023
The H-2B community has won an appeal against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding the H-2B wage rule, the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) reported.…
Meet Jason New, vice president of garden management at Southern Botanical in Dallas. Who is your mentor? It’s hard to learn all you need to know…
A small window that’s closing fast is how Craig Regelbrugge, the American Nursery & Landscape Association’s (ANLA) vice president of government relations and research, describes…
Kevin KehoeNov 3, 2023
I began last year’s article about business planning with the following statement: “Painfully aware that any prognostication or prediction might be off base, any plan…
Jody ShilanAug 9, 2013
Dominick Mondi, executive director of the New Jersey Nursery & Landscape Association, expressed some insights into immigration reform and the Green Industry's need for a…
You can't be with a group of landscape contractors long before the conversation turns to the topic of the difficulty finding and retaining good employees.…
More than 400 leading U.S. businesses and advocacy organizations--including the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), Irrigation Association and the American Nursery & Landscape Association--signed a letter…
Last week the U.S. Senate passed S. 744, Congress' first serious attempt at comprehensive immigration reform since 2007. The bill, hammered out by a bipartisan…
