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ALRB
ALRB Produces
Heat-Illness PSA and Flyer (9/05)
ALRB Voids Election
to Decertify UFW at Gallo Unit (11/04)
Ouster of ALRB
Member Sought (11/04)
ALRB Files ULP
Complaint Against UFW (1/04)
New Book Reviews
ALRA (11/03)
Employer Wins
Union Election in Watsonville (8/03)
ALRB Activity
On the Web (7/03)
Employment Arbitration
Agreements in the Courts Again (06/03)
Lawsuit Challenging
Forced-Contracts Legislation Filed (3/03)
Binding Arbitration’s
Constitution to Be Tested (02/03)
Rivera
Re-Appointed to ALRB (01/03)
UFW
Wins Decert Election at Coastal Berry Watsonville (01/03)
Gov. Davis Appoints
Aide to ALRB (11/02)
Governor Signs
Forced-Contract (Binding Arbitration) Legislation (10/02)
Union
Vote Disputed (7/02)
Few
Elections in 2001 (4/02)
ARLB Re-Aligns
Coastal Area, Oxnard Office Staffing (4/02)
ALRB
Now Has Only Three Members (4/02)
The
ALRA at 25 (UC Conference) (9/00)
ALRB
General Counsel Named (9/00)
ALRB
Now on the Web
ALRB
Judge Says UFW Should Represent Coastal Berry Workers in Ventura County
ALRB May
Throw Out Coastal Berry Election Results
Insignias
and Clothing: Can They Be Controlled? (11/01)
Whom
Will Gov. Appoint to ALRB
Cal/OSHA - OSHA (Laws
& Regulations)
Heat-Illness
Prevention Compliance CD-ROM Available (08/06)
State Fund Sponsors
Free Heat-Illness Seminars (08/06)
Permanent Heat-Illness
Standard Adopted (6/06)
Heat-Stress
Card Available (6/06)
OSHA Lists Most-Violated
Standards in 2005 (6/06)
HAZWOPER May
Cover Worksite Response and Cleanup Activities (3/06)
Permanent Heat-Illness
Regulation Proposed (3/06)
What To Do When
Cal-OSHA Comes Knocking (3/06)
Heat-Illness
Resources Available On-line (2/06)
Cal/OSHA Injury
& Illness Summary Must Be Posted (2/06)
Cal/OSHA Training
and Instruction Requirements (2/06)
Cal/OSHA Extends
Heat Illness Prevention Emergency Rule (1/06)
DOSH Issues
Interpretation of Heat-Illness Regulation--Part 2 (11/05)
Heat Index
Chart (11/05)
Cal/OSH Standards
Board Approves Heat Stress Rule (8/05)
IIPP and Employee
Handbook Should Address Heat Illness (8/05)
Heat-Stress
Informational Handout Available (8/05)
Rule Banning
Unnecessary Hand Weeding OK'd (03/05)
Employers Must
Post Job-Injury Totals (01/05)
Hand-Weeding
Rule Adopted (10/04)
Compliance With
Cal/OSHA Requirements a Must (9/04)
Hand-Weeding
Prohibition Proposed (7/04)
OSHA Requires
Employers to Post Job Injury Totals OSHA (2/04)
Revised OSHA
300 Forms Available (11/03)
Ag Safety Orders
Reorganized (11/03)
Governor Appoints
New Members to Cal/OSHA Standards Board (8/03)
Extra Sanitation
Facilities Save Grower From Minimum Penalties (8/03)
OSHA Issues
of Concern in Agriculture (7/03)
New Respiratory
Protection Standard Proposed (7/03)
Cal/OSHA Out
of Travel Funds?
New Portable
Metal Ladder Safety Orders (05/03)
Cal/OSHA Updates
Recordkeeping Web Site (05/03)
Cal/OSHA Construction
Pocket Guide Available in Spanish (3/03)
Basic Safety
Instructions for Hazardous Materials (3/03)
Cal/OSHA Form
300A Must Be Posted in February (02/03)
Cal/OSHA Amends
Tractor & Gas Welding Rules (02/03)
Post Cal/OSHA
Form 300A (01/03)
There’s
More to an IIPP Than Safety Training (012/02)
Cal/OSHA Appeals
Board Decision Upheld in Multiemployer Work Site Case (11/02)
Ergonomics
Publication in Spanish (10/02)
DLSE & Cal/OSHA Inspections in Northern California
(10/02) (9/04)
High-Level Changes at DOSH (9/02)
Cal/OSHA Violation
to Watch Out For (8/02)
DOSH Inspections
& Violations (7/02)
IIP
Program Held Out-of-Date (7/02)
10 Most Frequently
Cited Title 8 Standards, 2001 (06/02)
First-Aid
Kits (06/02) (9/04)
Charges
Dismissed in Farmworker Death (06/02)
Who is Responsible
for Cal/OSHA Compliance? (03/02)
Growers
Cited for Workers Providing Their Own Water (03/02)
Yolo
Farmer Charged in Employee Death (2/02)
OSHA
Log Forms 300 & 301 (01/02)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (01/02)
Cal/OSHA
Ag Inspections May Be Cut (12/01)
New OSHA Record-Keeping
Rules To Be Adopted (10/01)
Emergency Procedures
for Workplaces Suggested (9/01)
Dairies
Targeted by Cal/OSHA (9/01)
OSHA
Probe of Immigrant Deaths Urged (8/01)
Dairy
Not Liable for Death of Contractor's Employee (8/01)
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Members
Named (8/01)
Ergonomics Publication Available
(6/01)
Multi-Piece Rim Wall
Chart Available (6/01)
Dispensing
Salt Tablets to Employees (6/01)
OSHA
Ergonomics Rule Invalidated (5/01)
Most-Cited Cal/OSHA Violations
(03/01) (9/04)
OSHA Revises Recordkeeping
Regulations (03/01)
Federal
Ergonomics Rule Axed (03/01)
Farm Bureau
Sues OSHA Over Ergonomics Standards (02/01)
Eye Protection at
Issue in Cal/OSHA Case (02/01)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (1/01)
AgShip
Checklist (9/00)
ASHIP
Is Permanent (7/00)
Home Offices Still
a Potential Problem (6/00)
Revised Cal/OSHA
Poster Now Available (6/00)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (1/00)
OSHA Proposes Ergonomics
Regulation (12/99)
New Cal/OSHA Forklift
Rule Approved by OA (9/99)
Cal/OSHA
Posters Available On-Line (3/00)
Ag Safety-and-Health
Inspection Program (3/00)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (1/00)
Home Work-Safety
Letter Issued, Then Rescinded (1/00)
New
Law Gives Cal/OSHA More Punch (1/00)
Proposal
on Overhead Electrical Hazards to be Heard (2/00)
Ergonomics
Standard Approved by Court (11/99)
Cal/OSHA to Step
Up Ag Worksite Inspections (10/99)
Regulation of Pesticide
Respirator Use (9/99)
Driverless Tractor
Variance Application Dies (9/99)
First Aid Kits
(8/99)
Agreement
for Field-Sanitation Responsibility (7/99)
Field-Sanitation
Decisions Revised (7/99)
Bilingual
Facts on Heat and Cold Stress Available (7/99)
Cal/OSHA
Documents Checklist (7/99)
Cal/OSHA has New
Orchard Man-Lifts Rules (6/99)
Cal/OSHA
Standards Board Revises Forklift Regulations (4/99)
Cal/OSHA
Respirator Rules Don't Apply to Pesticide Handlers (3/99)
Failure
to Supply Field Sanitation (2/99)
New Respiratory Regulations (12/98)
Cal/OSHA
Can't Cite for W.C. Posting Violations (10/98)
Ergonomics
Reg: What's Left? (12/97)
Repetitive
Motion Injuries GISO §5110 (12/97)
Driverless Tractor
Ban Enforced by Court (12/97)
12 Most-Cited OSHA Standards
In Ag (9/96)
Injury-Prevention-Plan
Rule Sought by Fed OSHA (9/96)
Chemicals/Pesticides
Federal Agencies
Publish Food-Security Document (3/06)
HAZWOPER May
Cover Worksite Response and Cleanup Activities (3/06)
Basic Safety
Instructions for Hazardous Materials (3/03)
Pesticide
Use Drops (11/01)
National Pesticide Telecommunications Network (10/01)
Hazardous Materials
Regulated by Myriad Laws (12/00)
Legislation
Introduced to Protect Farmworkers from Exposure to Pesticides (3/00)
Regulation of Pesticide
Respirator Use (9/99)
DPR
Releases Annual Pestllness Report (7/99)
Child Labor
Labor Commissioner
Reports Lots of Child-Labor Violations (06/05)
DOL
Implements Child-Labor Action Plan (02/01)
UI
Benefits for Child Care Proposed (12/99)
Company Procedures
Employment Forms
(08/06)
Employer's Accommodation
Ruling Upheld (08/06)
How to Handle
Employees Supporting Immigration-Reform Demonstrations (5/06)
Curtailing Monday
& Friday Absences (5/06)
Replacing
Lost Paycheck (4/06)
Personal
Computer Use and Abuse (4/06)
Company-Required
Leave (4/06)
Employee's
Use of Computer May Result in Liability (4/06)
Vacation Pay
is Due at Time of Layoff, But Doesn't Accrue During Layoff (05/05)
Drug Testing
Can Pay Dividends (12/04)
Retiree Healthcare
Benefits: Goodwill Becoming Liability? (10/04)
Offer Letters:
Traps for the Unwary (9/04)
Crop Handling
and Food Safety (9/04)
Responding to
Administrative Charges (9/04)
Probationary
Periods May Not Accomplish What They Imply (7/04)
Interviewing
Tips (7/04)
Employment References
Procedures and Policy (7/04)
Vacation and
End-of-Season Bonus Policies (6/04)
How to Handle
Employees with Alcohol on Their Breath (6/04)
DOL OKs Postings
on Archboards (6/04)
Allowing FLC
Employees to Drive Company Vehicles (5/04)
Handling Job
References (Part II) (5/04)
California
Employer Protections Regarding Job References (4/04)
Paycheck-Cashing
Fees Questioned (4/04)
Dealing with
an Aging Workforce (3/04)
Developments
in Employee Arbitration Agreements (3/04)
Employee Investigations
and Sexual Harassment (2/04)
Sample Termination
Agreement Available (1/04)
U.S. Supreme
Court Approves No-Rehire Policy (1/04)
Discharge for
Violation of Non-Fraternization Policy Upheld (1/04)
Things to Consider
Before Including an Arbitration Clause in Your Contract (12/03)
Model Arbitration
Agreement Offered (12/03)
Agreement to
Arbitrate Employment-related Disputes (12/03)
Is Your Incentive
Program a Ticking Time Bomb? (10/03)
Is Your Arbitration
Agreement Too Broad? (10/03)
Arbitration
Agreements in CA: Where Are We Now? (10/03)
Preparing for
Discharges & Layoffs (7/03)
Supervisors
Need FLC License to Transport Employees (06/03)
California's
Plant-Closure Law Requires Notice (05/03)
Stale-Dated
Paychecks (05/03) (9/04)
First-Aid Treatment
Must be Reported by Physicians (4/03)
Job Descriptions
Help in Classifying Employees as Exempt or Nonexempt (4/03)
Cellular-Phone
Liability (3/03) (9/04)
Beware of
Limiting Lawful Off-Work Activities (3/03)
Employer Liable
For Injuries Caused By Employee While Driving Home Sick (02/03)
Employee
Fraternization (01/03)
Checklist
for Government Inspection Search Warrants (01/03)
Holiday Shutdowns
& Exempt Employees (01/03)
Enforcing
Appearance Policies (012/02)
Avoiding Workplace-Romance
Problems (012/02)
Ag Workers
May Proceed With RICO Suit (10/02) (9/04)
Payroll Records & Reporting Poor Working Conditions
(10/02)
Investigation of Applicants (10/02)
Alcohol and
Drug Use (8/02) (9/04)
Health-Insurance
Co-Payments by Employees on Leave (8/02)
Sample letter
to an employee on a Leave of Absence (8/02)
Employer Liability
for Cellular-Phone Use (7/02)
First-Aid Workers'
Compensation Cases (7/02)
FLC License Verification
Underway (7/02)
Tool
and Equipment Issues (06/02)
Loyalty
and Confidentially Agreements (06/02)
Sample
Confidentiality and Loyalty Agreement (06/02)
Discharging Employees
With SSN Mismatches (5/02)
Why Growers Should
Care About FLC Practices (5/02)
Controlling WC
Claims: Early Return to Work (4/02)
Requirements When Laying
Off Employees (03/02)
Court Decisions
Affect Arbitration Agreements (2/02)
Leave
of Absence Form (2/02)
Document,
Document, Document (01/02)
Scheduling
for Short Workdays (12/01)
Orienting
New Employees (12/01)
Mail
Handling and Employee Security (11/01)
How
to Handle Anthrax and Other Biological Agent Threats (11/01)
Applications
for Employment
Insignias
and Clothing: Can They Be Controlled? (11/01)
Don't
Charge Employees for Paycheck Re-Issuance (10/01)
Surveillance
to Deter Employee Theft: Is it Legal? (10/01)
Combining of
Rest Periods May Create Liability (10/01)
Emergency Procedures
for Workplaces Suggested (9/01)
Conflicts
of Interest (8/01)
Meal/Rest
Periods in Agriculture (8/01)
Checklist
for Returning Injured Employees to Work (8/00)
When Visitors
Come to Inspect Your Premises (6/01)
Government
Inspection Checklist (6/01)
Who
Pay for COBRA Coverage (6/01)
High
Court Approves Employment Arbitration Agreements (6/01)
Lay-Off/Reduction-in-Force
Procedures (Part 2) (6/01)
Sample
Reduction in Force Letter (6/01)
Lay-Off/Reduction-in-Force
Procedures (5/01)
Requests to Sign
Labor Certification Form
Retention of Safety
and Other Records (4/01)
Power Outages
May Cause Wage-and-Hour Issues (4/01)
Paying Wages to Employees
Who Quit (03/01)
Medical
and Personnel Records (03/01)
The
Fair Credit Reporting Act and Workplace Investigations (03/01)
Personnel-File
Inspection Law Amended (02/01)
Mandatory Arbitration
Agreements Rejected (02/01)
Personal Phone
Calls at Work May be Restricted (1/01)
PERSONAL
PHONE CALLS (Sample Policy) (1/01)
Discharge/Layoff
Checklist (1/01)
Copying
I-9 Documents (1/01)
Meal
and Rest Periods (12/00)
Winter Work Schedule
and Reporting Time Pay (11/00)
Employer-Sponsored
Education Programs (11/00)
New
Rest and Meal Period Rules (10/00)
Notices-on-Clipboard
Pilot (10/00)
Arbitration
Agreements Must Have Certain Terms (9/00)
Threat
to One's Own Health Not For Job Decision (9/00)
Checklist
for Returning Injured Employees to Work (8/00)
Employer
May Change Job-Security Pledge, Court Rules (7/00)
E-Mail And Internet
Policies For Your Company (7/00)
Personnel-File
Checklist (6/00)
Coping with Rules
on Rest Breaks and Meal Periods (6/00)
Governmental
Inspection Checklist (6/00)
Workplace
Searches (5/00)
On-the-Job
Swearing (12/99)
Applicant
Release Ruled Ineffective (12/99)
Handling
Employee Thefts (7/99)
Equal
Employment Opportunity (Company Policy) (4/99)
Medical Examinations
and Legal Use of Drugs (3/99)
Holiday
Wage-and-Hour Issues The Same As For Other Days (1/99)
Employers
Can't Compel Arbitration (1/99)
Holiday
Requirements? The Answers are "No, No and No" (12/99)
Paying Nonexempt
Employees a Salary Has Pitfalls (10/98)
Employment
Agreement (10/98)
ACUERDO
DE EMPLEO (10/98)
Minimum Wage Strategies (9/96)
Investigating
Sexual Harassment Charges (04/96)
Physical Examinations
and AlcohDrug Tests (11/95)
Court Decisions
California Termination-Pay
Statutes Apply To Day Laborers (08/06)
California Supreme
Court Upholds At-Will Employment Provision (08/06)
Employer's Accommodation
Ruling Upheld (08/06)
"Spanking"
Nets $1.7 Million (08/06)
Orchardist
to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle Undocumented Hiring Class Action (3/06)
"At-Will"
Employment Statement Faulted by Court (1/06)
WARN Act Does
Not Apply To Transferred Employees (1/06)
HighLists Elements
of Landowner Liability for Contractor Employee's Injury (1/06)
Corp. Officers
Held Not Liable for Wage Violations (9/05)
At-Will Employee
Can Recover Future Wages For Withdrawn of Employment Offer (7/05)
Supreme Court
Expands Scope of Age Discrimination Law (04/05)
Supreme Court
Expands Class-Action Lawsuits (11/04)
Court: Co-Worker
Harassment Liability Law Not Retroactive (11/04)
Court : CBA's Arbitration
Clause Doesn't Block Wrongful-Discharge Suit (12/04)
Employee Bonus
and Incentive Plan Ruled Unlawful (5/04)
Farm Workers
Win Travel Pay (4/04)
Grape testing
suit dismissed (2/04)
U.S. Supreme
Court Approves No-Rehire Policy (1/04)
U.S. Supreme
Court Issues Key Employment Decisions (7/03)
Employer-Friendly
Ruling on CFRA Leave (06/03)
State's Broad
Definition of "Disability" Upheld (3/03)
Transportation
Suit Settled (3/03)
Employer Liable
For Injuries Caused By Employee While Driving Home Sick (02/03)
Attorneys’
Fees Issue in Labor Commissioner Cases Resolved (012/02)
State Supreme Court Decision
Discourages Appeals Of Labor Commissioner Decisions (9/02)
Charges Dismissed in
Farmworker Death (06/02)
U.S. Supreme
Court Rejects Harsh Penalty Under FMLA (5/02)
Harassment
Case Sends Wake-up Call to Employers (5/02)
No
Back Pay for Undocumented Aliens (4/02)
FLC
& Grower’s WC Insurance Liable for Off-Job Van Crash (03/02)
WC Discrimination
Law Held Preempted by ERISA (03/02)
Court Decisions
Affect Arbitration Agreements (2/02)
Dole
Sued Over Layoffs (12/01)
Motel Owners Ordered
to Pay Migrant Workers (8/01)
Dairy
Not Liable for Death of Contractor's Employee (8/01)
High
Court Approves Employment Arbitration Agreements (6/01)
Mandatory Arbitration
Agreements Rejected (02/01)
At-Will Employment
Bolstered by State High Court (12/00)
Court:
Wage Claims May Be Filed Unfair Competition Act (8/00)
Employer
May Change Job-Security Pledge, Court Rules (7/00)
Court: Poultry Processor
Covered by MSPA (7/00)
Court: Pay Cut Did
ot Breach Contract (12/97)
Deductions(Laws & Regulations)
When
Must Employers Supply Uniforms or Personal Protective Equipment? (4/06)
Replacing
Lost Paycheck (4/06)
New Exempt Employee
Should be Paid Full Salary While on Jury Duty (3/06)
Improper Deductions
Can Void Exemption From Wage-&-Hour Laws (05/05)
Wage Overpayments
May Be Hard To Recoup (7/03)
Stale-Dated
Paychecks (05/03) (9/04)
Tool
and Equipment Issues (06/02)
Don't Charge
Employees for Paycheck Re-Issuance (10/01)
Paycheck Stub Info. Requirement
Expanded (7/01)
Discrimination
(Laws
& Regulations)
Job-Interview
Guidelines Pose Pitfalls (09/06)
Employer's Accommodation
Ruling Upheld (08/06)
P & S Employees Can Be Required to Use Sick/Vacation Time for Medical
Visits (2/06)
Temporary Light-Duty
Position Needn't Be Made Permanent (2/06)
"At-Will"
Employment Statement Faulted by Court (1/06)
Sick Leave Practices
May Violate ADA (1/06)
Employer's
Reasonable Belief That Job Endangered Employee Justified Termination (12/05)
Failure to Probe
Harassment Complaint Excused (12/05)
Employer Can
Be Liable for Employee's Harassment by Customers (12/05)
Repeat Harassment
Can Mean Big Trouble (06/05)
Counting Employees
For Harassment-Training Law (06/05)
Employers May
Fight Back Through Class Action Fairness Act (05/05) Prop 64 Limits Unfair Competition Lawsuits (03/05)
Sexual-Harassment
Supervisor Training (01/05)
New Law Requires
Supervisor Harassment Training (11/04)
Improper Harassment
Training is More Than a Waste of Money (10/04)
Checklist for
Dealing With Pregnant Employees (10/04)
Agricultural
Company Accused of Sex Harassment (8/04)
Age and Your
Right To Sue (3/04) (9/04)
Time to Reign
in Delivery Persons (3/04)
Dealing with
an Aging Workforce (3/04)
Employee Investigations
and Sexual Harassment (2/04)
Discharge for
Violation of Non-Fraternization Policy Upheld (1/04)
Is Your Incentive
Program a Ticking Time Bomb? (10/03)
Requiring Injured
Employee to Use Paid Leave Isn't Workers' Comp. Discrimination (9/03)
California's
Disability Definition Upheld - New Procedures Required (3/03)
State's Broad
Definition of "Disability" Upheld (3/03)
Beware of
Limiting Lawful Off-Work Activities (3/03)
Enforcing
Appearance Policies (012/02)
Avoiding Workplace-Romance
Problems (012/02)
Paid Family Leave Signed Into Law (10/02)
Military Duty
and FLMA (10/02) (9/04)
Direct-Threat Exception Under FEHA and the ADA (9/02)
Workers’
Comp, Wage & Hour and FMLA Q&As (9/02)
FEHA Age
Discrimination: Just When You Thought You Were Winning (8/02)
Supervisors
Beware (7/02)
CUIDADO
SUPERVISORES (Supervisors Beware) (7/02)
Undocumented
Workers Protected in California (06/02)
U.S. Supreme
Court Rejects Harsh Penalty Under FMLA (5/02)
Harassment
Case Sends Wake-up Call to Employers (5/02)
Lactation
Accommodation (4/02)
WC Discrimination
Law Held Preempted by ERISA (03/02)
Condition
Preventing On-Time Reporting May be Disability (2/02)
Termination was
Justified by Medical Opinion (2/02)
Sexual
Harassment Policy (2/02)
Document,
Document, Document (01/02)
Domestic
Partners and Employers (01/02)
Poor
Attendance and FLMA (12/01)
Staring
May be Harassment (12/01)
Insignias
and Clothing: Can They Be Controlled? (11/01)
Work-Ineligible
Whistle-Blowers Were Unlawfully Fired (10/01)
FMLA
Covers Care of Adult Child (10/01)
Military Personnel
and Reservist Protections (10/01)
EEOC:
Undocumented Workers Get Discrimination Relief (9/01)
New Law Preserves
State Discrimination Claims (9/01)
"Single Incident"
Sexual Harassment Claims (6/01)
Hostile
Work Environment (11/00)
Harassment
Liability (11/00)
Lingering
Disabilities from Work-Related Injuries (9/00)
Threat
to One's Own Health Not For Job Decision (9/00)
Court
Allows Ban on Slurs at Work (6/00)
Checklist
for Returning Injured Employees to Work (8/00)
Non-Supervisor
Held Immune from FEHA Harassment Suit (1/00)
“Lifestyle”
Discrimination Prohibited (5/00)
Different
Health Insurance for Different Employees (12/99)
EEOC: Job-Bias
Laws Protect Illegal Aliens (11/99)
Salary-Based
Decisions as Age Discrimination under New Law (10/99)
Supervisors
Not Liable for Discriminatory Acts (9/99)
Disability
Accommodation Guidelines Issued by EEOC (4/99)
Equal
Employment Opportunity (Company Policy) (4.99)
Lettuce Grower Settles
Harassment Case (3.99)
Avoiding
Public Policy Violations when Discharging (1/99)
Investigating Sexual
Harassment Charges (04/96)
Physical Examinations
and Alcohol and Drug Tests (11/95)
FMLA
Interpreted by DOL (11/95)
Drugs and Alcohol
Drug Testing
Can Pay Dividends (12/04)
Drug-Testing
Rules Modified (2/01)
Random
Drug Test OK'd for Safety-Sensitive Employee (10/99)
CHP
Biting Down on Drug-& -Alcohol Testing Programs (1/99)
Physical Examinations
and Alcohol and Drug Tests (11/95)>
Employee Benefits
Flex Spending
Account "Use it or Lose It" Deadline Extended (7/05)
Retiree Healthcare
Benefits: Goodwill Becoming Liability? (11/04)
Employee Bonus
and Incentive Plan Ruled Unlawful (5/04)
Paid Family
Leave and Vacation Pay (6/04)
California Paid
Family Leave: Understanding the Basics (3/04)
Update on Paid
Family Leave (2/04)
Paid Family
Leave and SDI Handbook Policy (2/04)
Retirement and
Bonus Plans-Part Two (7/03)
Retirement and
Bonus Plans Part One (06/03)
Domestic
Partners and Employers (01/02)
Different
Health Insurance for Different Employees (12/99)
Sick-Leave
Benefits - Employee Handbook Corner (10/99)
FMLA
Interpreted by DOL
Employment Taxes
UI and SDI Tax
Rates for 2006 (1/06)
EDD Corrects
2004 California Employer's Guide (2/04)
Update
on Paid Family Leave (2/04)
Paid Family
Leave and SDI Handbook Policy (2/04)
IRS:
Growers May Be Liable for Employment Taxes Owed by Their FLCs (7/01)
Income-Tax Withholding
Questions Answered (7/01)>
SDI
Rate for 2001 (11/00)
Enforcement/Inspections
EDD Monitor
Advocate Office Informs Ag Workers of Services (2/06)
Summary of
EEEC Enforcement Statistics (2/06)
More Workplace
Inspections Promised (10/05)
Tips for Handling
Workplace Inspections (10/05)
ICE Farm Searches
& Document Verification (9/05)
EEEC Replaces
TIPP (04/05)
Inspectors
Return to California's Fields (12/04)
Agriculture
Still Targeted by Labor Commissioner (9/03)
Be
Employment-Law Compliant Before Seeking an Exemption From the Labor Commissioner
(8/03)
Cal/OSHA
Out of Travel Funds?
EEOC to Abandon
Opposition to Mandatory Arbitration (3/03)
DOL Targets
for 2003 (3/03) (9/04)
Checklist
for Government Inspection Search Warrants (01/03)
Cal/OSHA
Ag Inspections May Be Cut (12/01)
INS
Slashes Inspections (11/01)
Operation Salad Bowl Continues
(9/01) (9/04)
Dairies
Targeted by Cal/OSHA (9/01)
Most-Cited Cal/OSHA Violations
(03/01) (9/04)
AgShip
Checklist (9/00)
ASHIP
Is Permanent (7/00)
Ag Safety-and-Health
Inspection Program (3/00)
New
Law Gives Cal/OSHA More Punch (1/00)
Cal/OSHA to Step
Up Ag Worksite Inspections (10/99)
Cal/OSHA
Documents Checklist (7/99)
Cal/OSHA
Can't Cite for W.C. Posting Violations (10/98)
12
Most-Cited OSHA Standards In Ag (9/96)
Labor
Commissioner May Get Budget for New Inspectors (7/01)
When Visitors
Come to Inspect Your Premises (6/01)
Notices-on-Clipboard
Pilot (10/00)
Governmental
Inspection Checklist
Aguirre, International,
Visiting Farms (4/00)
DOL
Re-Launches Ag Labor Action (5/99)
State
Inspectors Sweep Farms (10/98)
DOL Targets Garlic and Onion Operators in 1997 (9/96)
Forms
Employment
Forms (08/06)
INS Form I-9
Mysteriously "Rebranded" (9/05)
Acceptable I-9
Documents; Re-verifying Form I-551 (9/05)
List
of Acceptable Documents with Deleted and New Documents
New-Employee
rwork Checklist (8/05)
Acknowledgment of
Receipt of Handbook; Agreement (12/97)
Application
for Employment (11/01)
Consensual
Relationship Agreement (01/03)
Copying I-9 Documents (1/01)
Discharge Notice/Aviso
de Despido form (7/03)
Document, Document, Document
(01/02)
EDD May Request
Former Employee's Form I-9 (1/01)
Employee Safety
Discipline Form (4/04)
Employer’s
Injury-Report Form Revised (11/02)
Form to Document Employee Activities (8/02)
Form I-9 Process Explained
(Part Two) (8/01)
Form
I-9 Process Explained - Part 1 (7/01)
RELEASE OF
LIABILITY - Sample (9/02)
Recommendation
for Reasonable - Suspicion Test
Leave
of Absence Form (2/02)
Model FLC Agreement
Available (1/04)
New
Employee Checklist (06/05)
OSHA
Log Forms 300 & 301 (01/02)
OSHA Log 200 Mus Be
Posted in February (01/02)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (1/01)
Performance Evaluation Form (5/02)
“Physical
Job Description” Form (4/02)
Paid
Family Leave Handout DE 2311 (12/03)
Pre-Designation
of Personal Physician (02/03)
Post Cal/OSHA
Form 300A (01/03)
Sample
Termination Agreement Available (1/04)
Sample
Temporary Job Offer Letter (4/02)
Thers More
to an IIPP Than Safety Trainin02)
Time
She Meal and Rest Period Disclaimer (012/02)
Witness Incident Report
(4/02)
Immigration Form I-9
USCIS (formerly INS)
Form I-9 Documents
List Revised (10/04)
Recall of Person
in Seasonal Employment Doesn't Trigger Form I-9 Action (1/04)
Form
I-9 Process Explained (Part Two) (8/01)
Form
I-9 Process Explained - Part 1 (7/01)
EDD May Request
Former Employee's Form I-9 (1/01)
Copying
I-9 Documents (1/01)
Top
Ten Form I-9 Compliance Mistakes (12/99)
What
to do After an INS Audit
INS
Document Guide Available (3/00)
New Form I-9 to be
Released--But When? (1/00)
No Need
to Reverify Expiring INS Form I-551 on Form I-9 (2/00)
INS
Forms I-551 Expiring (10/99)
I-9
Repeal and Amnesty Sought by AFL-CIO (4/00)
Beware
of INS Forms Employees Ask You to Sign (5/99)
Farm Labor
Contractors (Laws & Regulations)
2006 FLC Continuing
Education Classes Scheduled (3/06)
DLSE Recognizes CSU
Fresno for FLC Seminars (12/05)
Stop-Notice
for No Written FLC Contracts Withdrawn (06/05)
Liability of
Hirers of Independent Contractors (12/04)
Farm Labor Contractors
Alliance Formed (5/04)
Allowing FLC
Employees to Drive Company Vehicles (5/04)
Contracts for
Labor or Services (Sb 179) (2/04)
Model FLC Agreement
Available (1/04)
Update on Professional
Employer Organizations (1/04)
Labor Commissioner
Opines on Packing Houses as Farm Labor Contractors (4/03)
Supervisors
Need FLC License to Transport Employees (06/03)
FLC License
Verification Unit Certified as Operational (10/02)
Seatbelt Requirement
for Farm Labor Vehicles (8/02)
FLC
Laws Provide No Exception to WC Exclusive Remedy (7/02)
FLC License Verification
Underway (7/02)
Why Growers Should
Care About FLC Practices (5/02)
FLC and Employee
Transportation Legislation (12/01)
Temp Agencies
and Their Clients As Joint Employers (11/01)
Farm
Labor Contractor Bills Enacted (8/01)
IRS:
Growers May Be Liable for Employment Taxes Owed by Their FLCs (7/01)
FLC
Legislation Introduced (03/01)
Independent
Contractor Reporting Requirements (11/00)
Farm Labor Contractor
Bill Signed by Governor (11/00)
FLC
Accused of Harboring Aliens (8/00)
What
You Need from Your FLC (5/00)
Homeowners
are Employers of Unlicensed Contractors (7/99)
FLC Guide
(7/99)
FLC
Guide (3/99)
Seating and
Seat Belts in Farm Labor Vehicles (12/00)
Independent
Contractor Reporting Requirements (11/00)
Farm Labor Contractor
Bill Signed by Governor (11/00)
Court: Poultry Processor
Covered by MSPA (7/00)
Employment-Law
Update for Year 2000 (3/00)
Ag Employe
Face New Compliance Challenges in 2000 (Part 2) (2/00)
Employment-Law Update
For Year 2000 (Part 3)(4/00)
Farm
Employers Labor Service
Heat-Illness
Prevention Compliance CD-ROM Available (08/06)
DLSE Recognizes
CSU Fresno for FLC Seminars (12/05)
FELS Licensed
as Private Investigator (9/05)
Find the FELS
Web Site and Win a FELS Coffee Mug (11/03)
Diaz, Uribe
Join Farm Employers Labor Service (9/03)
Notice of Change of FELS Mailing Address (11/02)
"Sound-Off"
Survey Results (10/01)
Revised
FELS Poster Available Soon (1/01)
FELS
Gets DPR Training Approval (10/00)
FELS Web Site Full
of Useful Information (10/00)
New
Legal Services Program Offered to FELS Subscribers (11/99)
FELS
Newsletters on the Web (9/99)
Revised
FELS Catalog (9/96)
Forms
Employment Forms
(08/06)
INS Form I-9
Mysteriously "Rebranded" (9/05)
Acceptable I-9
Documents; Re-verifying Form I-551 (9/05)
List
of Acceptable Documents with Deleted and New Documents
New-Employee
rwork Checklist (8/05)
Acknowledgment of
Receipt of Handbook; Agreement (12/97)
Application
for Employment (11/01)
Consensual
Relationship Agreement (01/03)
Copying I-9 Documents (1/01)
Discharge Notice/Aviso
de Despido form (7/03)
Document, Document, Document
(01/02)
EDD May Request
Former Employee's Form I-9 (1/01)
Employee Safety
Discipline Form (4/04)
Employer’s
Injury-Report Form Revised (11/02)
Form to Document Employee Activities (8/02)
Form I-9 Process Explained
(Part Two) (8/01)
Form
I-9 Process Explained - Part 1 (7/01)
RELEASE OF
LIABILITY - Sample (9/02)
Recommendation
for Reasonable - Suspicion Test
Leave
of Absence Form (2/02)
Model FLC Agreement
Available (1/04)
New
Employee Checklist (06/05)
OSHA
Log Forms 300 & 301 (01/02)
OSHA Log 200 Mus Be
Posted in February (01/02)
OSHA Log 200 Must
Be Posted in February (1/01)
Performance Evaluation Form (5/02)
“Physical
Job Description” Form (4/02)
Paid Family
Leave Handout DE 2311 (12/03)
Pre-Designation
of Personal Physician (02/03)
Post Cal/OSHA
Form 300A (01/03)
Sample
Termination Agreement Available (1/04)
Sample
Temporary Job Offer Letter (4/02)
Thers More
to an IIPP Than Safety Trainin02)
Time
She Meal and Rest Period Disclaimer (012/02)
Witness Incident Report
(4/02)
General Labor
Learning Spanish
Audio (08/06)
EDD Statistics Consistent With Ag Labor Shortage (2/06)
EDD Monitor
Advocate Office Informs Ag Workers of Services (2/06)
DLSE Counsel
Fired (2/06)
Summary of
EEEC Enforcement Statistics (2/06)
DLSE Recognizes
CSU Fresno for FLC Seminars (12/05)
Regulatory-Compliance
Education Project Announced (8/05)
National Agricultural
Workers Survey Resumes (05/05)
Goodbye, Steve
(9/04)
Bradshaw Named
First Secretary of Labor Agency (7/04)
John W. Mamer
Passes Away (7/04)
Agricultural
Company Accused of Sex Harassment (8/04)
CRLA Examined
(4/04)
April Fools?
(4/04)
Auditors Criticize
Rural Legal Aid Group (2/04)
WUD Asks Justice
Department to Investigate CRLA-CRPE Ties (2/04)
DIR Leadership
Changes (1/04)
Davis Appoints
Huerta to UC Regents (9/03)
Fed OSHA Radio
Campaign Targets Spanish Speakers (7/03)
Cal/OSHA Out
of Travel Funds?
Schultz Named
as Acting Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development (06/03)
DIR Official
Investigated by State Auditor (05/03)
DPR Announces
"Right-to-Know" Initiative (4/03)
Cellular Phones
& Pagers (3/03)
Cellular-Phone
Safety (3/03) (9/04)
DOL Targets
for 2003 (3/03) (9/04)
Labor Agency to Focus on Ag (11/02)
New Labor
Agency (8/02) (9/04)
Yolo Farmer Charged
in Employee Death (2/02)
UC Offers
Electronic Newsletter for Ag Employers (2/02)
Money
Flows Home To Mexico (12/01)
Operation
Salad Bowl Continues (9/01)
Dairies
Targeted by Cal/OSHA (9/01)
Labor
Commissioner May Get Budget for New Inspectors (7/01)
An Employer's
Perspective on Telecommuting (7/01)
Labor Commissioner's
Top Lawyer to be Demoted (7/01)
When Visitors
Come to Inspect Your Premises (6/01)
Assistance
Paying Your Energy Bills (6/01)
Ayuda Para
Pagar Cuentas de Electricidad y Gas (6/01)
Former Braceros
Suing U.S. and Mexico (4/01)
Farmworker
Healthcare Grants (4/01)
Tractor
Drivers Don't Need a Driver's License (4/01)
Spanish
Phase Dictionary Now Online (4/01)
Job
Claims May be Brought Under Unfair Competition Act (1/01)
State
Minimum Wage to Rise (11/00)
Living-Wage
Ordinances (11/00)
Notices-on-Clipboard
Pilot (10/00)
Ag
Labor Network To Go On-Line (9/00)
Governmental
Inspection Checklist
$9.4 Million Granted
for Freeze Relief (4/00)
Farm Workers Turn
Out To Laud AgJOBS Bill (4/00)
Aguirre, International,
Visiting Farms (4/00)
Some Applicant
References Can Be Read In Two Ways (11/99)
Farm
Labor Survey (7/99)
DOL
Re-Launches Ag Labor Action (5/99)
Cal Jobs
Grower
Lionel Steinberg Dead at 79 (3/99)
Farmworkers
Gather In D.C. (2/99)
Union
Leaders Appointed to Key State Posts (2/99)
Steve
Smith Appointed to DIR (1/99)
State
Inspectors Sweep Farms (10/98)
DOL Targets
Garlic and Onion Operators in 1997 (9/96)
National Pressure to Increase
Minimum Wage (04/96)
DLSE
Rains on DOL's Parade for Grower (9/96)
Handbook Policies
Authorized
Time-off From Work Policy - Sample Policy (02/05)
Time-Off Policies
(02/05)
Employee
Handbooks: Time to Update? (02/05)
Paid
Family Leave Policy (11/04)
Standby
Time (first sample policy) (11/04)
Standby Time
(second sample policy) (11/04)
Employment
References Procedures and Policy (7/04)
Vacation and
End-of-Season Bonus Policies (6/04)
Revised
Handbook for Seasonal Employees Available (4/04)
State
Disability Insurance & Paid Family Leave (2/04)
Rest Periods
and Meal Periods - Non-exempt Employees (10/03)
Rest Periods
and Meal Periods - Hourly & Piece-rate Employees (10/03)
Seasonal
Discharges and Reemployment (7/03)
Acknowledgment
of Receipt of Handbook; Agreement (12/97)
ALCOHOL AND
DRUGS - Sample Policy
Commuting
Policy (4/03)
Conflict
of Interest (8/01)
EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION
AGREEMENT (4/01)
Employee Records Policy (03/01)
Employer-Sponsored Education
Programs (11/00)
Field-Sanitation
and Drinking-Water Facilities (03/02)
Gifts
(8/01) (9/04)
GROUP HEALTH
PLAN AND CONTINUATION RIGHTS - Sample Policy (8/02)
HIRING
PROCEDURES Policy
Housing
Rules (04/96)
Injury/Illness
Reporting and Early Return to Work Program Policy (4/02)
Injury/Illness
Procedures (4/02)
Lactation
Accommodation Policy (4/02)
Meal
Period Policy (10/01)
Meal/Rest Period Acknowledgment
(8/01)
Moonlighting
(8/01)
Off-Duty Activities
(3/03) (9/04)
Paycheck
Policy (05/03)
PERSONAL
APPEARANCE (11/01)
POSTINS
(11/01)
PERSONAL
PHONE CALLS (Sample Policy) (1/01)
Physical Examinations
- Reasonable Accommodation (3/03)
Piece
Rate Policy (5/05)
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS Policy (5/02)
Physical
Examinations and Drug Tests Sample Policy No. 1 (11/95)
Physical
Examinations and Drug Tests Sample Policy No. 2 (11/95)
REPORTING-TIME
PAY (12/01)
Rest
Period Policy (10/01)
Record Inspection Request Form (03/01)
SPLIT
SHIFT PREMIUM PAY Policy (4/01)
Social Security
Number Verification Policy (05/03)
Surveillance
Policy (10/01)
TRANSPORTATION
- CAR POOLING Policy (4/01)
Visitors
on Company Property (6/01)
Workplace Fraternization
Policy (01/03)
WORK
SCHEDULES (12/01)
What Do I Put In My
Employee Handbook? (10/01)
Winter Work Schedule
and Reporting Time Pay (11/00)
Harassment
Failure to Probe
Harassment Complaint Excused (12/05)
Employer Can
Be Liable for Employee's Harassment by Customers (12/05)
Improper Harassment
Training is More Than a Waste of Money (10/04)
Central
Valley Grower Accused of Sex Harassment (9/04)
Avoidable Consequences
and Sexual-Harassment Damages (1/04)
Sexual
Harassment Policy (2/02)
"Single Incident"
Sexual Harassment Claims (6/01)
Harassment
Liability (11/00)
Hostile
Work Environment (11/00)
Investigating Sexual
Harassment Charges (04/96)
Housing
Passage of
Proposition 46 Opens Housing Doors (01/03)
Motel Owners Ordered
to Pay Migrant Workers
Human Resources
Employment Forms
(08/06)
Learning Spanish
Audio (08/06