Question 1

Are my answers stored?

Accepted Answer

No. The self-check runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to our servers and no email is required. If you want a written assessment from an attorney, use the H-2A intake form on the landing page — that is a separate, opt-in step.

Question 2

What does the score actually mean?

Accepted Answer

Each question maps to one of the five compliance areas the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division audits most frequently for H-2A employers — TLC timing, AEWR payment, housing, recruitment file, and 3-year records retention. Each answer is weighted 0, 1, or 2 based on whether it reflects standard practice, a watch item, or a pattern that an investigator would treat as exposure. The overall band is the sum across all five.

Question 3

Why these five areas and not others?

Accepted Answer

These are the five areas that, in published WHD enforcement summaries, account for the majority of H-2A back-wage and civil-money-penalty findings. There are obviously other obligations — transportation reimbursement, three-quarters guarantee, deductions, in-season changes — and the full intake covers all of them. The self-check is built to be honest in four minutes, not exhaustive.

Question 4

Does a 'Low exposure' result mean I'm safe in an audit?

Accepted Answer

It means the five areas this self-check examines are running at or above standard on the day you took it. It does not mean every other obligation is in order, and it does not mean the next OFLC integrity review or WHD audit will not surface a finding. Use the result as one data point alongside payroll review, the recruitment-file walkthrough, and pre-season housing inspection.

Five questions. Four minutes. The five areas WHD finds first.

When did you submit (or do you plan to submit) ETA-790A to the State Workforce Agency for your next H-2A need?