The News Media Alliance filed comments Dec.
19 opposing the Department of Labor’s and the Department of Homeland Security’s
proposals to eliminate the requirement that employers notify U.S. workers of
available positions through printed advertisements in Sunday newspapers “in the
area of intended employment,” and replace them with website ads.
The
departments’ proposals would essentially eliminate a proven medium consumed by
more than 130 million adults each week, the print newspaper, that is the only
means for some workers to access job information, NMA says.
The
Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security jointly released
the notice
of proposed rulemaking on November 10 that would change the way
employers must inform U.S. workers about non-agricultural temporary jobs under
the H-2B visa programs under the labor certification program. On the same day,
the DOL released a nearly identical notice
of proposed rulemaking that would change the labor certification
program for seeking foreign agricultural workers under the H-2A visa
program.
“Newspapers
have long been, and still are, the primary way many millions of U.S. workers
receive information, including notices of job opportunities, in their communities,”
said News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern. “The departments’
proposal to change the job posting requirement to online only is based on
faulty conclusions about the reach of newspaper media, as well as the
availability of internet access in this country. This proposed change would
reduce the availability of job notices for the U.S. worker, particularly in rural
and low-income communities where the population does not have broadband
internet access at home.”
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