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 quarantine after a potential exposure to the virus, even if they have no symptoms and have not tested positive for COVID-19.

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 last months, the IRS has issued economic impact payments that have supported the COVID-19 pandemic. The persons entitled to receive payment are those who have declared their taxes with a social security number in recent years, including workers with H-2B visas, according to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES).

Guest blog: Agricultural Workers Project (AWP)

Written by Thomas Godfrey

What is unemployment insurance?

Unemployment insurance gives temporary benefits to eligible workers that lost their work for reasons out of their control and who also meet other requirements for a new job.

Últimamente, ha estado circulando una carta supuestamente emitida por el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS) en redes sociales como WhatsApp. El Servicio de Impuestos Internos, dentro del Departamento del Tesoro (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés), es la agencia de recaudación de impuestos de Estados Unidos. En los últimos meses, el IRS sí ha emitido Pagos de Impacto Económico como apoyo durante la pandemia del COVID-19.

Blog invitado: Proyecto Para Trabajadores Agrícolas (AWP por sus siglas en inglés)

Escrito por Thomas Godfrey

Guest blog: Servicio Nacional de Empleo (SNE)

Part II

The agencies that recruit workers for temporary jobs in other countries should confirm the seriousness of job offers, in order to safeguard the workers’ rights, certifying the truth of work conditions that employers offer related to: housing, social security and repatriation, among others.

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 the Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social, and:

Making our voice heard to change something around us may seem complicated or even impossible. But here's great news for you: a win by the hardworking people who came together and decided to speak out. Farmworkers in Washington state now have the right to earn overtime.

For 60 years, agricultural workers have been excluded from overtime pay for work over 40 hours per week in Washington state. However, in the first week of November 2020, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that this exclusion was unconstitutional.