20 CFR § 653.103 - Process for migrant and seasonal farmworkers to participate in workforce development activities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s653.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 653.103 - Process for migrant and seasonal farmworkers to participate in workforce development activities."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "653.103"
section_name: "Process for migrant and seasonal farmworkers to participate in workforce development activities."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "653"
part_name: "SERVICES OF THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 167, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014); 29 U.S.C. chapter 4B; 38 U.S.C. part III, chapters 41 and 42."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56341, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "653"
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# 653.103 Process for migrant and seasonal farmworkers to participate in workforce development activities.
(a) Each ES office must determine whether participants and reportable individuals are MSFWs as defined at § 651.10 of this chapter.
(b) SWAs must comply with the language access and assistance requirements at 29 CFR 38.9 with regard to all individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP), including MSFWs who are limited English proficient individuals, as defined at 29 CFR 38.4(hh). This includes ensuring ES staff comply with these language access and assistance requirements.
(c) One-stop centers must provide MSFWs a list of available career and supportive services.
(d) One-stop centers must refer and/or register MSFWs for services, as appropriate, if the MSFW is interested in obtaining such services.
[81 FR 56341, Aug. 19, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 626, Jan. 6, 2020; 88 FR 82726, Nov. 24, 2023]