Working with agriculture staffing solution partners throughout the U.S., technology platform H2 Organizer announced its launch in mid-September.
MiChamba — the companion app to the H2 Organizer seasonal worker management platform — creates an experience for employers and H-2 visa workers to save time and maintain compliance, according to a news release.
The mobile app integrates H2 Organizer to better connect H-2 visa farmworkers with their sponsoring employers, the release said. MiChamba translates to “my work” and is a common reference to having legal papers for employment in the U.S.
It is available to workers through their employers with plans to expand availability in the future, according to the release.
H2 Organizer said the platform and MiChamba’s features include:
- Digital onboarding — Simplify onboarding and training of H-2 and domestic workers.
- Real-time locator — Track worker locations in real-time to optimize logistics.
- Compliance software — Automatically track and alert on compliance issues and dates.
- Pay cards — Provide secure, instant access to earnings with digital pay cards.
- Human resources platform — Centralize all HR processes for H-2 visa workers in one platform.
- Progressive discipline — Document issues by using the integrated progressive discipline workflow tools.
- Messaging — Enable seamless, multilingual communication between employers and workers.
- Ad hoc paperwork — Manage unexpected and discipline forms with flexible, on-demand templates.
- Calendar — Create events for workers and show expiration dates of documents and deadlines.
“We built H2 Organizer to solve the challenge of having multiple technology platforms to manage an operation,” Cesar Martinez, chief strategy officer of H2 Organizer, said in the release. “Now growers can use one platform with an array of tools to manage incidents, process payroll and even deliver onboarding training. Farm workers prefer to communicate via mobile phones, so we developed a companion app, MiChamba, to give them a tool to streamline various services, like storing documents and communicating with management all in one spot.”
Designed by H2 visa experts with decades of experience in the industry, H2 Organizer will provide employers tools to stay in compliance, the release said.
“When it comes to being investigated by DOL Wage and Hour, one of the areas where many employers failed was producing credible records to prove their compliance with the program,” said Ruben Lugo, former regional agricultural enforcement coordinator for the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. “Adding technology to help H-2A employers stay organized and in compliance is a great tool, especially when designed by a company that has deep roots in the H-2A program and understands its challenges.”
While some platforms attempt to manage the entire process, H2 Organizer leaves the H-2 petitions and visa filing to trusted organizations where professionals can track and navigate visa applications and an ever-changing regulatory environment, the release said.
“Turning over your human resource management to [artificial intellilgence] is not worker-focused, but H2 Organizer is a people-centered solution for our members to streamline onboarding and communication with their employees,” Enrique Gastelum, CEO of WAFLA, said in the release. “We are proud to deliver innovative solutions to our members that can leverage technology without losing the personal touch of key H-2 service providers and employers.”
Partnering organizations WAFLA, Western Growers, and the Scaroni Family of Cos. serve thousands of members and help place tens of thousands of temporary workers on farms throughout the U.S. West, the release said.
“The H2 Organizer is a game-changer for Western Growers members navigating the complex, paper-heavy H-2A program,” said Jason Resnick, senior vice president and general counsel at Western Growers. “It streamlines everything from managing job orders and petitions to digitizing the entire onboarding process, allowing workers to complete their documentation in their native languages on their mobile devices. By automating compliance workflows and offering features like audit trails and automatic reminders, H2 Organizer helps employers stay organized and audit-ready. It’s an efficient, user-friendly solution that eliminates manual data entry and keeps everything in one accessible place.”
“We are proud to work with the H2 Organizer team,” David Scaroni, partner at the Scaroni Family of Cos. said in the release. “They have taken a problem solving approach to create a robust solution. Having a comprehensive and transparent tool that can meet the needs of recruiters and employers is really accomplishing something special.”
