FELS has posted two timely, new resources for your members at our website!

Workplace “Right-to-Know Notices/Emergency Contact Requirement: Effective February 1, 2026, California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 294) requires employers to furnish a mandatory, standalone notice to be delivered via email, text, or in person with an annual written notice of their legal rights, including workers’ compensation, immigration protections, and unionization rights status, as well a a requirement for employers to maintain emergency contact information and to inform the emergency contact(s) should the employee be arrested or detained at the worksite or off-site during working hours if the employer is aware of the arrest/detention. FELS Members can access model “Right to Know” notices and Emergency Contact Forms in English and Spanish here.

“One Big Beautiful Bill” Act Overtime Premium Deductibility: FELS Sacramento office has receives numerous inquiries about managing information for employees about their earnings information and tax filings for 2025. The good news is IRS has indicated it will not penalize taxpayers or employers for failing to provide correct information about deductible overtime premiums, and more IRS guidance is likely to come.

For now, FELS members can access these resources:

• Decoding OBBBA Federal Tax-Deductible Overtime for Farm Employees, FELS website
• The Big Beautiful Bill and Farm Labor: No Federal Tax Break for Agricultural Overtime, Sophia Calamari, Rosasco Law Group
• Employee Notice on non-deductibility of overtime premiums for agricultural overtime, Sophia Calamari, Rosasco Law Group