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April, 2025
Western Growers Seeks Preliminary Injunction to Block Mandatory Mediation Statute

On April 24, 2025, Western Growers and member Olive Hill Greenhouses, Inc. filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The motion asks the court to block the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) from enforcing the state's Mandatory Mediation and Conciliation (MMC) statute, codified at Labor Code §1164 et…

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Written Meal Period Waivers Get Green Light from California Court

In the California Court of Appeal case Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc., the court addressed whether employers can enforce prospective, written waivers of meal periods for shifts lasting between five and six hours.​ Under California Labor Code § 512(a), employees are entitled to a 30-minute meal break after five hours of work. However, for shifts between five and six hours, this meal…

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OAL Approves Final ALRB Card Check Regulations

On April 7, 2025, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Agricultural Labor Relations Board's (ALRB) long-anticipated regulatory package implementing AB 113, the statute that introduced majority support petitions, or “card check,” for union representation among California agricultural employees.   This final action follows a months-long regulatory process that included…

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USDA Freezes Payments Under Farm Labor Stabilization Grant Program

The USDA has suspended payments under its $50 million Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot (FLSP) Program, leaving grant recipients in uncertainty just months after awards were announced.  The FLSP was launched to help agricultural employers improve labor standards, increase worker retention and transition to more stable employment models such as H-2A. More than 140 employers…

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