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At the end of November, California’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (Cal-OSHA) and the Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) put into place new safety measures for agricultural workers. Now...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
In rural West Texas, one worker’s willingness to stand up to her employer has led to a federal consent decree mandating increased protections for over 100 workers against the coronavirus. On January 15th, an El Paso...
September 17, 2022 | 0 comments
According to a new model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those without symptoms of the coronavirus transmit more than half of all cases. Fifty-nine percent of all coronavirus...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
On December 29, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York stayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rules that would roll back important protections for farmworkers, including protections from pesticides....
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
On December 23, 2020, a California state court issued a temporary restraining order mandating that Foster Poultry Farms immediately implement COVID-19 safety measures for their workers. The case, United Farm Workers of America et al. v...
September 23, 2022 | 0 comments
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) recently determined that Flo-Ag LLC, an agricultural labor contracting company in Labelle, Florida, violated the rules of the H-2A program and the Agricultural Worker...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
On November 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations regarding work protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Above all, they highlight that workers in essential industries should...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
Recently a letter, supposedly from the International Revenue Services (IRS), has been in social networks like WhatsApp. The International Revenue Service, within the Treasury Department is the tax collection agency of the United States. In the...
October 3, 2022 | 0 comments
Guest blog: Agricultural Workers Project (AWP) Written by Thomas Godfrey What is unemployment insurance? Unemployment insurance gives temporary benefits to eligible workers that...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Guest blog: Servicio Nacional de Empleo (SNE) Part I. In order for a placement agency of workers in Mexico to operate according to law, it should do two things: 1. Register with...
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