Siding with 26 states that filed a lawsuit to block implementation of President Obama’s Executive Orders announced last November, a federal district court judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction yesterday halting the program on the basis that the president overstepped his authority. Although officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acted quickly to ...
On February 19, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will vote on revisions to the heat illness prevention standard (General Industry Safety Orders §3395). Previous proposals were roundly criticized by Western Growers and other industry groups in written comments and at a public meeting last September. The earlier proposals contained requirements that water ...
Last week, the California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board approved changes to the state’s Heat Illness Prevention (HIP) Regulations (Cal. Code of Regs. tit. 8, § 3395). The board intends to request that the revisions be made effective May 1, 2015, so that the changes are in place prior to the upcoming heat season. ...
The Department of Labor has published a Notice in the Federal Register to announce the allowable charges and subsistence reimbursements related to H-2A workers in 2015. The notice provides the maximum meal charge for employers who provide three meals per day to workers, as well as the maximum travel subsistence meal reimbursement that a worker ...
In December, the United States Supreme Court addressed whether employees are “working” while waiting to undergo mandatory, end-of-shift security checks. The Court unanimously held that the time spent by warehouse workers waiting for and undergoing security screenings before leaving for the day is not compensable under federal law. The decision in Busk v. Integrity…