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More Information/Más informaciónWage Deductions: What California Employers Can (and Can’t) Deduct from Employees’ Wages
May 16, 2025One of the "frequent flyer" questions FELS gets from clients and Newsletter subscribers is, "if XXX breaks a tool (or wrecks a machine, or breaks something else on the worksite)…
Read MoreCA Local Minimum Wages Rising July 1
May 16, 2025Several California cities will see their local minimum wages increase on July 1: City of Los Angeles: $17.28 to $17.87/hr. Unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County:…
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: AIHA Launches Enhanced Heat Stress Mobile App 2.0 to Protect Indoor Workers, Employers, from Indoor Occupational Heat Hazards
May 8, 2025Falls Church, VA (May 8, 2025). AIHA—the association for scientists and professionals dedicated to occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS)—announces the…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Enforcement in South Monterey County
May 2, 2025Salinas-based FELS Labor Management Consultant Santos Martinez reported on May 1 that Cal/OSHA enforcement agents working from the agency's San Luis Obispo office are engaged…
Read MoreWestern Center/UC Davis Surveying on Ag Workplace Skills and Needed Training
May 2, 2025The Western Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UC Davis is surveying ag employers and others with insight on skills and training needed by agricultural employers…
Read MoreOregon Minimum Wages Rising July 1
May 1, 2025Oregon's automatic minimum wage increase for non-exempt employees will take effect on July 1, 2025. Oregon law requires the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to…
Read MoreProspective Meal Period Waivers OK, CA Appeal Court Says
April 25, 2025Revocable, prospective, "blanket" meal period waivers are enforceable if they are not unconscionable or unduly coercive for employees, the California Court of Appeal ruled…
Read MoreUSCIS Releases New Form I-9
April 12, 2025U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new edition of the Form I-9 on April 3. The new version features minor changes to the prior form: Adding appropriate…
Read MoreAvian Flu Petition Filed with Cal/OSHA Standards Board
April 4, 2025On March 20, Valley Voices and the UC Merced Farm Labor Center presented a proposal to revise the Zoonotic Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard (Zoonotic ATD) to the monthly…
Read MoreUnder the Capitol Dome: Assembly Labor Committee Kicks Off 2025 Legislative Action on Employment Bills
April 4, 2025On April 3, the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee passed Assembly Bills 1221 (Bryan) and 1331 (Elhawary) seek to restrict use of various technologies for monitoring…
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