The 5% of U.S. agricultural employers with the most H-2A violations accounted for 55% of all H-2A violations during fiscal years 2005–2019

% of farms investigated (ranked by number of violation % of violations
95%–100% 55.6%
91%–95% 13.9%
86%–90% 8.1%
81%–85% 5.4%
76%–80% 3.8%
71%–75% 2.9%
66%–70% 2.3%
61%–65% 1.8%
56%–60% 1.4%
51%–55% 1.1%
46%–50% 0.9%
41%–45% 0.7%
36%–40% 0.5%
31%–35% 0.5%
26%–30% 0.3%
21%–25% 0.3%
16%–20% 0.2%
11%–15% 0.2%
6%–10% 0.2%
1%–5% 0.1%

 

Note: There were 2,778 violations of U.S. agricultural employers with H-2A violations between fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2019.

Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Compliance Action Data  (U.S. DOL-WHD 2020f).

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