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November 7, 2025We're excited to roll out FELS OnDemand, our new video platform to support FELS members and customers with on-line availability of our Heat Illness Training videos and…
Read MoreCoroner’s Report on Dairy Farm Deaths Points to Toxic Gas Exposure
November 5, 2025WASHINGTON — Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday. The Weld County coroner’s office…
Read MoreModel Housing Agreement Added to FELS Employer Resources
November 4, 2025FELS has added a model housing agreement to FELS Resources: HR Compliance. Access to FELS Employer Resources is reserved for FELS members who have created a user account…
Read MoreFELS Webinar: What the @#*& is Card Check? And what the #%6*& is a ULP?
November 3, 2025November 25, 10 AM: Did you know even non-union employers can be prosecuted by the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board for an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP)? The…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Releases “DART” Rates, ’25-’26 “High Hazard Industry” List
October 25, 2025DART (Days Away, Restricted or Transferred) rates are a yardstick used by Cal/OSHA to measure the accident and workplace injury experience of various workplace activities…
Read MoreThe Big Beautiful Bill and Farm Labor: No Federal Tax Break for Agricultural Overtime
October 20, 2025On July 4, 2025, Congress enacted the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21), marking a sweeping effort to provide new tax relief to working Americans and seniors.…
Read MoreNewsom Signs Legislation Requiring New Annual Employee Rights Notice, Expanding Personnel File Employee Access Requirements
October 15, 2025Ahead of the constitutional deadline for bill approval, Governor Newsom has signed two measures that will be of interest to all California employers, including agricultural…
Read MoreWestern Center Upgrades Employee & Supervisor Immigration Resources
October 15, 2025FELS members can access new resources from the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety designed to support ag employers, supervisors, and workers,. Specifically,…
Read MoreUnder the Capitol Dome
October 14, 2025Governor Newsom signs and vetoes bills of interest to California ag employers The deadline for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto legislation passed by the Legislature…
Read MoreCDPH Calls On Dairy Operators to Offer On-Site Flu Vaccine Clinics
October 10, 2025In a letter to diary operators from Kristin J. Cummings, MD, Chief of the Occupational Health Branch, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) calls on owners and…
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