Reimbursing Employees for Use of Personal Mobile Devices
May 19, 2023Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service May 19, 2023 Most ag employers are aware they are required to reimburse employees for neccessary expenses they experience…
Read MoreIMPORTANT: Pay Data Reporting Update: CRD Offers Enforcement Temporary Deferral
April 14, 2023Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service April 14, 2023 Pay data reporting required by SB 1162 had generated many questions (and headaches) among employers, especially…
Read MoreAssembly Budget Subcommittee Approves Governor/UFW/Labor Fed Card Check Pact
March 30, 2023Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service March 30, 2023 On March 28, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee spent a rainy afternoon well into an evening featuring a brief…
Read MoreCal/OSHA’s Oncoming Regulatory Avalanche
March 29, 2023Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service March 29, 2023 Extreme snow levels in the Sierra Nevada mountains can create heightened avalanche risk for skiers and back-country…
Read MoreALRB Releases Card Check Guidance
December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) has released guidance on actions it has taken to implement AB 2183 (Stone), the “card check” bill that…
Read MoreCalifornia Releases Guidance on Pay Scale Disclosures
December 28, 2022Seyfarth Synopsis: As we blogged about previously, California passed a landmark pay transparency law in September 2022. As promised, the Labor Commissioner’s…
Read MoreUSDOL Tightens H-2A Program Rules
December 12, 2022Bryan Little, FELS Chief Operating Officer December 12, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in early October released a final re-write of regulations for the H-2A…
Read MoreThe Death of Rounding Practices May Be Around the Corner
November 1, 2022Seyfarth Synopsis: Neutral rounding policies have long been approved by the California courts. See’s Candy Shops, Inc. v. Superior Court (2012). However, the California…
Read MoreCalifornia Prohibits Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Refusing to Work or Leaving Work During Emergency Conditions
October 28, 2022On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1044, which prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee for refusing to report to work or…
Read MoreCalifornia Mandated Employer Bereavement Leave Policy
October 27, 2022On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1949 creating protected bereavement leave for employees. Existing Law Currently, under the California…
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