Responding to Workplace Injuries:
Your Reaction Can Be Costly
By Alejandro Valle, Esq. *
Employers should, of course, be very careful in how they respond to an employee's workplace injury. Recent developments in the law, at both the state and federal levels, have made this even truer than before.
MSWPA Recruitment Case - Defines the term Recruitment under MSWPA
US Department of Labor Inspecitons
Free Book on Workplace Mediation
Mediators, human resource managers, farm employers and other interested individuals may obtain a free copy of the 321 page book Party-Directed Mediation (the author and acknowledgements page is missing). The focus of the publication is on the mediation of deep-seated interpersonal conflict, so the book may also be of interest to attorneys and therapists.
What Makes a Great Supervisor
Farm Advisor, Gregorio Billikopf*, University of California has compiled a list of traits that make a Great Supervisor. Here is an explaination of how it came to be and the list.
DOL Updates MSPA Worker Information Notice WH-516
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has posted the updated Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) - Worker Information, Terms and Conditions of Employment form. The previous version had an expiration date of 05/31/2011. The new version extends the expiration to 6/30/2014.
Updated site includes increased search capabilities and visual enhancements
July 07, 2011
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSAWPA) requires covered agricultural employers to disclose, in writing, certain information to prospective and current workers. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) enforces the requirements of MSAWPA. Current Western District of Michigan DOL enforcement activity interprets the disclosure requirements to require a higher level of specificity.
Below are the checklists that are being used by the US DOL and the State EEEC for filed investigations in agriculture, according to Rob Roy, President of Ventura County Agricultural Association. Internal guidelines from inside the DOL on field investigations are being sought. Rob also reports that DOL is concentrating on employee transportation issues.