FELS Newsletter, October/November 2025
November 21, 2025FELS Newsletter, October/November 2025
Read MoreDOL Issues Rule for New Farm Wage Standard
November 21, 2025The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued an interim final rule (IFR) implementing a new wage standard for the H-2A temporary non-immigrant agricultural worker visa program,…
Read MoreFederal Court Enjoins Union Meetings Bill
November 21, 2025By its Sept. 30 Order, the Sacramento-based U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has enjoined enforcement of SB 399 (Wahab, D-Hayward), 2024…
Read MoreOne Big Beautiful Bill Act and Farm Labor: No Federal Tax Break for Agricultural Overtime
November 21, 2025On July 4, 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. The…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Releases “DART” Rates, 2025-2026 “High Hazard Industry” List
November 21, 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 MoreUnder the Capitol Dome
November 21, 2025Gov. Gavin Newsom signs and vetoes bills of interest to California ag employers Gov. Newsom signed AB 1362 (Kalra) on Oct. 1. The bill imposes on California-licensed farm…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Advisory Committee Reviews Draft Workplace Violence Prevention Standard
November 21, 2025Cal/OSHA was directed by the Legislature to propose “additional requirements the Division deems necessary” to supplement the Workplace Violence Prevention Plan mandated…
Read MoreCDPH Calls on Dairy Operators to Offer On-Site Flu Vaccine Clinics
November 21, 2025In a letter to diary operators, Kristin J. Cummings, MD, Chief of the Occupational Health Branch, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) called on owners and operators…
Read MoreFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Plans to Revoke 17,000 Non-Domiciled CA CDLs
November 21, 2025On Nov. 12, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) would be removing 17,000 non-domiciled California Commercial…
Read MoreStandards Board Creates an Advisory Committee on Avian Flu, Dairy Workers
November 21, 2025On Sept. 18, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to empanel an advisory committee to consider and report to the Board recommendations to revise the Zoonotic Aerosol Transmissible…
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