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Office of the State Monitor Advocate
Office of the State Monitor Advocate
State Monitor Advocate
Monitor Advocates at the National, Regional, and State levels help to ensure that the services provided to Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) are "qualitatively equivalent and quantitatively proportionate" to the services provided to other jobseekers. This means that MSFWs should receive all workforce development services, benefits and protections on an equitable and non-discriminatory basis (i.e. career guidance, testing, job development, training, and job referral). In order to locate and to contact MSFWs who are not being reached by the normal intake activities conducted by the local Job Service offices, the focus of the workforce delivery system will be to:
- Increase the number of MSFWs in all labor exchange activities.
- Increase the number of agricultural employers utilizing labor exchange services.
- Encourage use of the Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS)(Form ETA-790).
- Encourage MSFWs' transition to higher wage jobs & permanent year-round employment in non-agricultural work.
- Enhance collaboration with MSFW service providers.
- Encourage full integration of MSFWs and agencies that serve them into the One-Stop centers around the country.
State and Regional Monitor Advocates are responsible for ensuring that services provided are in accordance with federal regulations (20 C.F.R. 651-658) and the Workforce Investment Act.
The State Monitor Advocate supports the needs of MSFWs by:
- Providing information about farmworker needs, characteristics, and concerns.
- Developing linkages with a broad range of stakeholders, including community- and employer-based organizations.
- Participating in the planning and integration and system-building functions of American Job Centers.
- Producing annual service assessments and analyses to promote a better understanding of services to farmworkers and to highlighting special efforts and accomplishments by states in serving them.
- Ensuring that all legal protections are afforded to farmworkers and that their complaints are promptly resolved.
Fact Sheets
- Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act:
- Joint Employment & Independent Contractors Under the Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
- Prohibiting Retaliation under the Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
- Transportation under the Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act:
- Transportation English Version
- Transportation Spanish Version
Resources
- USDOL List of Eligible Farm Labor Contractors
- National MSFW Monitor Advocate Directory
- Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act Poster
- Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
State Complaint Specialist
Resources
- Complaint Poster (English)
- Complaint Poster (Spanish)
- Inter-Agency MSFW Referral Form w/Instructions
- Michigan Department of Civil Rights
- Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- State of Michigan Employment Wage Complaint Form
Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS)
The ARS is a system that allows for employers to post jobs and recruit workers and for workers to obtain information regarding available jobs.
ARS Hotline: 1-855-633-2373 - se habla español
State Monitor Advocate Contact
Gerardo Aranda, State Monitor Advocate
WD - Agricultural and Foreign Labor Services
P.O. Box 30805
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-5858 Fax: 517-241-8216
Email: SMAOffice@michigan.gov