Legal

Member Alert -- New H-2A Wage Rates In Effect Now: Action Needed

On December 19, 2014, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) issued its Federal Register Notice to announce the 2015 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for the employment of temporary or seasonal non-immigrant foreign workers (H–2A workers) to perform agricultural labor or services. Western Growers issued an email e-blast to members on Friday, Dec. 19th on this issue.

Jason Resnick Dec 22 2014 in Regulations

Register for the 2015 California Employment Law Update Webinar on December 18

Whether you own and operate a company in California or you just do business here, you need to be aware of new employment laws taking effect as soon as a few weeks from now. To bring you up to speed on key California legislative and case law developments that will help your business prepare for 2015, Western Growers is sponsoring a free webinar for members.

Jason Resnick Dec 16 2014 in Legal

Webinar: Join WG for a 2015 California Employment Law Update

Jason Resnick Dec 11 2014 in Legislative

Plan Ahead: Send Your Supervisors to WG’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Workshop in Santa Maria

If you own or do business in California and your company has 50 or more employees, anyone who acts as a supervisor at your company must, by law, take sexual harassment prevention training every two years. Even if you don’t have 50 employees at your company, we recommend you still send your managers to training.