DOL Keeps Farm Worker Disclosure Data Collections
Published Date: 9/21/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to keep collecting info from farm workers and employers under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, without changing the current rules. This helps make sure workers get the right info while keeping paperwork easy and quick. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until November 20, 2026, to share them—no extra costs or big changes are planned.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Workers must get written pay disclosures
If you are a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker, your employer must give you written terms and conditions and an itemized wage statement each pay period. Housing providers must post or give a written housing-occupancy statement listing name/address of provider and manager, who may live there, charges for housing/meals/utilities, and other conditions; records and disclosures must be provided in English or, when reasonable, in a language common to the workers. The Department makes optional forms WH-501, WH-516, and WH-521 available (WH-516 in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole; WH-501 in English and Spanish).
Employers must keep 3‑year payroll records
Farm Labor Contractors, agricultural employers, and associations must make, keep, and preserve payroll and related records for 3 years (including basis of pay, hours, piece units if applicable, withholdings, and net pay) and provide copies when workers are furnished to other employers. The Department reports 94,729 total respondents, 72,606,389 annual responses, estimated 1,228,769 total burden hours, and a total burden cost of $2,904,255 for this information collection (OMB Control Number 1235-0002).
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