High Heat Alert: Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Protect Workers from High Heat
October 1, 2024Editor's Note: Farm Employers Labor Service provides resources to assist employers' compliance with the Heat Illness Prevention (HIP) Standard at Employer Resources from…
Read MoreAssembly Bill 3234: New Requirements for Employers Conducting Social Compliance Audits
September 26, 2024Editor's Note: California ag employers are increasingly engaging social compliance auditors to satisfy the demands of various buyers of ag products. While we expect those…
Read MoreAdvisory: Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Protect Workers from Unhealthy Air
September 24, 2024September 24, 2024, San Bernardino -- Cal/OSHA is reminding employers to protect workers from unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke. Currently, the Line Fire is impacting air…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Publishes “Workplace Safety & Health Guide: Safety and Health in Agricultural Field Operations”
September 20, 2024New Guide Offers Helpful Compliance and Safety Information Cal/OSHA has published "Workplace Safety & Health Guide: Safety and Health in Agricultural Field Operations,"…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Announces Agricultural Enforcement Unit
September 12, 2024The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has announced it is planning (and hiring) to form a new Agricultural Enforcement Task Force and…
Read MoreFELS Webinar: New Heat Stress Smartphone App!
September 9, 2024American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) CEO Larry Sloan Will Demo Aide for Ag Employers & Employees! Protecting agricultural employees from heat illness and…
Read MoreForm I-9 Update
September 4, 2024Expiration Date Extended Last year, we updated you on the newest changes to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification,…
Read MoreAg Employer Cited for 48″+ Platform Guardrail Violation
September 4, 2024FELS has learned that a Central Valley agricultural employer has been cited by Cal/OSHA for employees loading harvested produce onto a trailer that created a working platform…
Read MoreGeorgia Federal Court Enjoins USDOL H-2A Program “Worker Protection” Rule
August 27, 2024A federal court in Georgia on August 26 issued a preliminary injunction that halts the Department of Labor’s implementation of a disturbing regulation that would have forced…
Read MoreUFW Appeals Preliminary Injunction in Wonderful Case
August 27, 2024FELS’ parent organization, California Farm Bureau, joined 10 other agricultural employer organizations in an amici curiae brief supporting Wonderful Nurseries’ challenge…
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