(a) The National Committee shall review the policies of OSHA, ESA
and the United States Employment Service (USES), and the Office of the
Solicitor and shall guide the respective agencies in improving the
effectiveness of and coordination among all DOL agencies assigned
responsibilities related to migrant farmworkers. These policies and
guidance shall include such issues as the following:
(1) The coordination of inspections, including housing inspections,
reports and procedures of DOL agencies and State agencies designated by
the Department to follow-up on complaints under, and to detect promptly
violations of, any of the protective statutes.
(2) The expedited enforcement and legal procedures to accommodate
the transient and seasonal nature of migrant farmworker's problems.
(3) The development of systems for prompt and efficient referral to
the appropriate federal or State agency of violations or complaints
discovered by or reported to DOL agencies or appropriate State agencies,
along with prompt and efficient follow-up action by the appropriate
agency from the initiation of the investigation through final
enforcement action.
(4) The training of all appropriate DOL personnel in order to ensure
coordinated and effective enforcement.
(5) The level of enforcement achieved by the remedies or sanctions
used by DOL agencies to enforce the protective statutes.
(6) The effectiveness of the Specialists Program and the Regional
Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committees.
