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The online tool dubbed the Essential Employee Exemption Portal that launched Thursday is meant to be used during snowstorms or other emergencies. Helping workers know if they are allowed on the road.
Labor challenges, including in agriculture, are still of much concern.
Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau, states that, "In the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022, which is January through March, the number of applications for H2A workers, which is the Temporary Ag Worker Visa Program increased by more than 17 percent, year over year."