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CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers
The CA Labor Commissioner has issued a CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers poster which must be displayed where workers can easily read it. Executive Order N-51-20 requires employers with 500 or more employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave to food sector workers for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The ...
Face Coverings Mandatory in Monterey County
Beginning today, Thursday, April 30, Monterey County is requiring the public and employees, including agricultural employees, to wear a face covering. Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties have issued similar orders. According to the Order, all essential businesses must require their employees, contractors, owners, and volunteers to wear a face covering at the workplace and ...
Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations Offers Side by Side Comparison of COVID-19 Paid Leave
The Calif. Department of Industry Relations (DIR) has released a useful side by side comparison of the various state and federal COVID-19 paid leave rules, including CA Paid Family Leave, CA Paid Sick Leave, CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers, FFCRA Emergency Paid Sick Leave, and FFCRA Emergency Paid Family and ...
EEOC Delays EEO Data Collections Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On May 7, 2020, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it will delay the collection of 2019 EEO-1 data because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The agency anticipates that it will begin collecting 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data in March 2021. Generally, private-sector employers with 100 or more employees are required to ...
Last Day to Submit the Worker Protection Standard Concerns Brief Survey
Western Growers, on behalf of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), is requesting your assistance with a brief six question survey regarding the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS) to provide congressional committees feedback regarding challenges and concerns with the designated representative provision. Please submit survey by May 29, 2020. The GAO a federal agency…
Cal/OSHA Provides Steps to Prevent Heat Illness & Spread of COVID-19 on Farms
In light of the National Weather Service’s excessive heat warnings for high temperatures, Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers with outdoor workers to take the necessary steps to prevent heat illness. California’s heat illness prevention standard applies to all outdoor workers, including those in agriculture. Supervisors and workers must be trained on the signs and symptoms ...
Colorado Implements New Paid Sick Leave Requirements Extending Beyond COVID-19 Issues
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado has joined a growing number of states and municipalities in requiring most employers to provide paid sick leave. Although the COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst for this new legislation, the law is not limited to the current situation, but instead provides broad paid sick leave entitlements. The Healthy Families ...
Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Prevent Heat Illness During Period of High Heat in Recent Advisory
Today, Cal/OSHA released an advisory reminding all employers with outdoor workers to review high heat advisories and take steps to prevent heat illness. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories this week from Monday through Saturday, as a result of high temperatures in various California counties. Cal/ OSHA requires employers with outdoor workers to ...
California Masks and Face Coverings Guidance
Wearing a mask is now required statewide in California when in high-risk situations. Employers are required to provide face coverings for workers or reimburse them for the reasonable costs of obtaining them. The California Department of Public Health has released guidance for the use of face covering. Who needs a mask? Anyone going outside their ...
Tips to Prevent Heat Illness During Period of High Heat
Western Growers encourages all members to review high heat advisories and take steps to prevent heat illness. Cal/OSHA suggests employers with outdoor workers do the following to prevent heat illness: Plan – Develop and implement an effective written heat illness prevention plan that includes emergency response procedures. Training – Train all employees and supervisors on ...
Register Today for WGA’s Legal Updates Webinar
Taking place on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at 11:00 AM (PDT), Part One of WGA’s Legal Updates multi-part series, moderated by Jason Resnick – VP General Counsel at WGA, will be featuring guests from Dentons Law Firm, who will be discussing their thoughts on Agricultural Trade: Current Climate and Trends: Practical Considerations During COVID-19 and ...
Register for WG’s Legal Updates Webinar Agricultural Trade: Current Climate and Trends Featuring Attorneys from Dentons’ Global Team
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 ...
Employers Must Take Steps to Protect Outdoor Workers from Heat Illness
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 ...
Guidance on Deferral of Payroll Taxes
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 Files Amicus Brief in Timing of Final Wages Case
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 ...
U.S. Department of Labor Revises Farm Labor Contractor Forms
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 ...
Register for WG’s Legal Updates Webinar: Key Wage & Hour Compliance Areas For Employers Now
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 ...
Governor Newsom Signs COVID-19 Worker Protection Bills into Law
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 ...
CDC Again Recommends Testing for COVID-19 Close Contact
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”…
Ventura County Issues H-2A Housing Order
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. ...