What is a Migrant Seasonal Farm Worker?
A seasonal farmworker is a person who meets the following criteria:
- During the preceding 12 months, worked at least an aggregate of 25 or more days or parts of days in which some work was performed in farm work
- Earned at least half of his or her earned income from farm work
- Not employed in farm work year-round by the same employer
Services:
Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFW) must receive services on a basis which is qualitatively equivalent and quantitatively proportionate to services provided to non-MSFWs. State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) must ensure that Employment Services staff at one-stop centers offer MSFWs the full range of career and supportive services, benefits and protections, and job and training referral services as are provided to non-MSFWs. State Workforce Agencies must ensure Employment Services staff at the one-stop centers tailor such Employment Services services in a way that accounts for individual MSFW preferences, needs, skills, and the availability of job and training opportunities, so that MSFWs are reasonably able to participate in the Employment Services.
All State Workforce Agencies must make Job Order information conspicuous and available to MSFWs by all reasonable means. Such information must, at minimum, be available through internet labor exchange systems and through the one-stop centers. State Workforce Agencies must ensure Employment Services staff at one-stop centers provide assistance to MSFWs to access Job Order information easily and efficiently.