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Posts By: Jason Resnick

November, 2024
Farm Labor Survey Previews H-2A Wage Increases for 2025

This week, the USDA released results from the Farm Labor Survey.  The Farm Labor Survey (FLS) is used to calculate the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for field and livestock worker occupations (SOC codes: 45-2041, 45-2091, 45-2092, 45-2093, 53-7064, 45-2099).  The results indicate that California employers can expect to see the AEWR increase from $19.75 to $19.97 per hour. The AEWR paid…

ALRB Reverses Course on Leasing Space from CAUSE

The California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) reversed course and will not lease office space in Santa Maria from the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), after Western Growers and others raised conflict of interest and transparency concerns.  As reported here, the ALRB had unanimously voted at its October 30, 2024 meeting to approve establishing a new…