Don’t miss Western Growers Legal Updates Webinar Series, moderated by WG’s Vice President and General Counsel, Jason Resnick tomorrow at 11:00 AM (PDT). Attorneys from Dentons’ global team will offer their insights on Agricultural Trade: Current Climate and Trends: Practical Considerations During COVID-19 and Beyond. Western Growers is partnering with members of the Western Growers ...
In light of the National Weather Service’s most recent excessive heat watch alert, Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to take steps to prevent heat illness during a period of high heat across the state. When the temperature is 95 degrees or more, certain employers must implement effective high-heat procedures like additional monitoring of workers for ...
On August 8, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum directing the Treasury Secretary to defer the collection of the employee portion of Social Security taxes (listed as “OASDI” on the paystub) but left many questions on the details on implementing this deferral unanswered. The Memorandum directed the Department of Treasury to issue guidance that ...
Western Growers and industry allies have filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District. In Jaime Zepeda Labor Contracting, Inc., et al. v. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Court of Appeal will rule on two issues very important to the agricultural industry: Whether ...
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has revised the farm labor contractor (FLC) application form WH-530 and several other forms related to FLC registration with WHD. The new forms WH-530, WH-514 and WH-514A, which have an expiration date of 8/31/2023, may be used immediately, but must be used for any application ...
WG’s Vice President and General Counsel, Jason Resnick, will be joined by the Jackson Lewis Team in the upcoming Western Growers Legal Updates Webinar on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. This program will focus on key wage and hour compliance areas arising out of the impact of COVID-19 for employers. Viewers can expect to learn not ...
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of COVID-19 worker protection bills into law. SB 1159 creates a new “disputable presumption” that an employee’s illness or death due to COVID-19 is work-related on or after July 6, 2020, through January 1, 2023. The emergency legislation takes effect immediately. AB 685 requires employers notify employees within one ...
On Friday, the CDC issued clarification on its guidance for COVID-19 testing and is again recommending testing for anyone with close contact to someone with COVID-19: “Due to the significance of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, this guidance further reinforces the need to test asymptomatic persons, including close contacts of a person with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection”…
On Friday, the Ventura County Health Officer issued a new order requiring temperature screening, self-evaluation and reporting of COVID-19 cases at all homeless shelters and H-2A housing in Ventura County. The new order stipulates the following: All individuals entering or residing in a homeless shelter of H-2A housing shall be screened for COVID-19 symptoms daily. ...