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Standards Board Approved Indoor Heat Illness Standard Despite Withdrawn Regulatory Process Approval
Labor Commissioner Issues Supplemental Notice to Employee for H-2A Employees in Advance of March 15, 2024 Notice Requirement
Top 10 Pesticide Violations in 2022: Using Violation Reports to Improve Current Safety Practices
2024 FELS Employment Compliance Notices California Postings Books and Laminated Posters Available Soon
USDOL Publishes 2024 AEWRs
Labor Commissioner Releases Updates Wage Theft Protection Act Employee Notice Template
Farmers and Ranchers Will Pay More for H-2A Labor in 2024
At-Will Employment is a Fairy Tale...
The Die Hard Survival Guide to This Year's Holiday Party
FELS+wafla: FELS Subscriber H-2A Program Exclusive!
Barsamian & Moody: California Expands Paid Sick Leave Law Effective January 1, 2024
California Employers Using Criminal History Face New Compliance Obligations
"Regular Rate" Mistakes are Low-hanging Fruit. Is Yours Ripe for Picking?
CA Minimum Wage Going Up Jan. 1
NCFH Offers Fliers Detailing Availability of Low-Cost Healthcare for Farm Employees and their Families
Supreme Court Rules that Unions May Be Sued for Strike Damage to Employer Property
Reimbursing Employees for Use of Personal Mobile Devices
FELS+FieldClock+Harvust: FELS Announces Headache Relief for California Ag Employers
IMPORTANT: Pay Data Reporting Update: CRD Offers Enforcement Temporary Deferral
Assembly Committee Approves Newsom/UFW/Labor Fed Card Check Pact
Cal/OSHA's Oncoming Regulatory Avalanche
Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act
ALRB Releases Card Check Guidance
California Releases Guidance on Pay Scale Disclosures
USDOL Tightens H-2A Program Rules
The Death of Rounding Practices May Be Around the Corner
California Mandated Employer Bereavement Leave Policy
California Prohibits Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Refusing to Work or Leaving Work During Emergency Conditions
UPDATED: DIR Conducting Review of FLC Exams
SB 1162: Increased Pay Data Transparency Means More Hoops for California Employers to Jump Through
The Truth About AB 2183 and "The Promise"
SCOTUS Denies Review of AB 5 Challenge
FAA Preempts California Prohibition on PAGA Arbitration Waiver
DLSE Shifts FLC License Processing to Enhance Speed of Approvals and Renewals
COVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave: Large v. Small Employer
Pay Stub Requirements for Employers Documenting Renewed COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
California 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
USDOL Releases H-2a program Adverse Wage Rate for 2022
Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing Announces Stepped-Up FCA Enforcement
U.S. DOL Releases New FLC Registration Forms
Asking Applicants for Vax Status? Not So Fast, Employers
Responding to Religious Objections to Vaccine Requirements
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court Appeal Filed on Ninth Circuit Reversal Allowing ABC Test Trucking Enforcement
Appellate Court Rules In Seasonal Employment/Termination Case
Wildfire Smoke Employee Protection Resources
UPDATE: Heat Illness Prevention (HIP) Standard Resources from FELS
Standards Board Readopts COVID-19 ETS
FELS and HeavyConnect Offer Free COVID-19 Compliance App
Supplemental H-2B Visas Available
Employers' Right to Refuse Property Access
UPDATED: Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) Furnishes Guidance on SB 973 Compliance
DHS Announces Release of 22,000 Additional H-2B Visas
FFCRA Leave Mandate Expired 12/31/20
Form 300A Posting and Data Uploading Requirements
Social Security Number/Name No-Match Update
UPDATE: COVID-19 News & Resources for Farm Employers
UPDATE: Cal/OSHA's New Emergency Standard on COVID-19 Prevention
Supreme Court Reviews Union Organizing Rule
UPDATE: Steps to Implementing Policy to Comply with Notice Requirements Under AB 685
Virtual Ag Labor Forum
FELS Solicits Proposals for Grant Administration Services
Cal/OSHA Releases Wildfire Smoke Respiratory Protection Interim Guidance
New Large Non-Food Sector Employer Paid Sick Leave Mandate Effective Sept. 19
N95 Respirators Available
Presentaton Posted: FELS Webinar: Employee COVID-19 Infections: What Does Cal/OSHA Want me to Record? What do they Want me to Report?
ICYMI: Presentation Available! FELS Webinar: CalSavers: 13 Days to the Sign-Up Deadline! What's CalSavers? What are my Alternatives?
FELS Webinar: You Have an Employee With COVID-19; Now What?
COVID-19 Farm Impact Survey Follow-up
Farm Bureau Sponsors Spanish-language COVID-19 Ads, PSAs
FELS Webinar: COVID-19 Workers Comp Rebuttable Presumption
PPE, Hand Sanitizer Available Through A4 Promotions
California Now Presumes Most Employees With COVID-19 Can Receive Workers' Compensation Benefits
Webinar: FFCRA Family & Medical Leave expansion and Paid Sick Leave Mandate
FELS' Office Status, March 17, 2020
H-2B Supplemental Visa, Stepped Up Enforcement Announced
New Form W-4 for 2020
Defend Your Property!
Immigration Enforcement -- Update
Social Security Changes Course on Mismatch Letters
Survey: California Farmers Face Continuing Employee Shortages
DBA Suffices for Wage Statement Compliance
Social Security Mismatch Compliance
H-2A Roundtable Programs Offered
New CFRA Poster Available April 1
Alameda Adopts New Minimum Wage
What to do if UFW Takes Access?
Post 300As Beginning Feb. 1
California Employers Need to Brace Themselves for the Flurry of New Laws
Vineyard Worker Fatality Highlights Importance of Machinery Safety Training
UPDATE: ALRB Decertifies UFW at Gerawan Farming
California Minimum Wages
Federal Court Blocks AB 450
Reminder: Fed/OSHA Requires CA Employers to Upload Forms 300A
Appellate Court Orders ALRB to Count Gerawan Employees' Votes
Flat-Sum Bonuses and Overtime Calculations
Haz-Mat Training
CA Appellate Court Interprets “Plant Closing” Statute, Creates New Headache for Seasonal Employers
CA Supreme Court Issues Employee-Friendly O/T Formula
ICE Conducting Audits at Numerous California Locales
New Labor & Employment Laws for 2018
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Seeks Grower Input on Night Work Proposal
Cal/OSHA Cites Employers for Exposing Workers to Valley Fever
Federal Requirement for Illness & Injury Reporting Not Applicable in CA
CA Supreme Court Rules Against Grower in Mediation Case
Tree Care Company Pays Record Fine
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board and the Trojan Horse
Termination of DACA
New PSIS A-8 & A-9 Available
Raspberry Workers Choose Unionization
New Arizona Paid Sick Leave Law
Take the CFBF Farm Labor Availability Survey
USCIS Releases New Form I-9
Labor Commissioner Publishes Sexual Assault/Stalking/Domestic Violence Leave Rights Employee Notice
Ag Overtime Resources
California Cities Opt for Higher Minimum Wages as of 7/1/17
Immigration Enforcement Activity Reported in Salinas Valley and Central Coast
CA Supreme Court Rules on Day-of-Rest Case
"Day Without An Immigrant" Revisited
San Joaquin County Farm Bureau FELS Presentation, 3-30-17
Health Reimbursement Arrangements Available to Small Employers
All-Gender Restrooms and Field Sanitation
NAWS in California
Immigration Enforcement and Tips for Employers
Dept. of Homeland Security Announces Broad Immigration Enforcement Initiatives
WPS Changes for 2017
Overtime for Irrigators Under New Overtime Law; Seventh-Day Overtime Uncertainty
Day of Rest Requirements Applicable to Ag on 1/1/17
Update on AB 1513 Back Wage Payments
Fresno Court Dismisses AB 1513 Constitutional Challenge
Making Back-Wage Payments to the Unpaid Wages Fund
ALRB Approves Arbitration Agreement Class Action Waivers
IRS Extends ACA Form Deadline
Fed O/T Rule Stayed
The New Form I-9 Is Here
Trump Immigration Policy -- Worksite Enforcement and Raids?
Dealing With Fradulently Altered Safe Harbor Back Wage Checks
DIR Releases Updated FAQ on Back-Wage Safe Harbor Payments
The California Policy Impact Project -- Participate Today!
New Retirement Savings Program Features Mandatory Employer Deductions
Current Form I-9 Valid Until Jan. 2017
Governor Brown Signs Ag Overtime Bill
More AB 1513 Confusion
ACA Employer Exchange Notices Resources for FELS Newsletter Subscribers
Ninth Circuit Adds to Class Action Waiver Confusion
Taxpayer Watchdog Takes On UFW
Common FMLA Violations
USDOL Releases Revised FLSA and Polygraph Protection Posters
Immigration Violation Penalties Hiked
USDOL Revises FLSA & Polygraph Protection Posters -- POST BY AUGUST 1
Written Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Policies Required by New FEHC Rule
Immigration Violation Penalties Hiked