Labor
Michigan meetings focus on new Worker Protection Standards
Three new Worker Protection Standards (WPS) requirements go into effect Jan. 2, 2018. In an effort to keep growers apprised of the new regulations, the Michigan State University Extension floriculture team has developed a one-day educational program... more »
Farm employment practices subject of New York forum
The 2018 Becker Forum will take place on Jan. 15, one day prior to the opening of the Empire State Producers Expo. The forum will focus on agricultural workforce issues with three general themes: securing... more »
Economist: ag employers scramble to secure labor
The agriculture community is being impacted by the four S’s: satisfy, stretching, substitution and supplementing, according to an agriculture economist who spoke Nov. 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the fourth annual Ag Employer Forum... more »
Author of ag guestworker legislation won’t run in 2018
Congressman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee – said he won’t run again after serving 25 years in Congress. U.S.... more »
House Judiciary Committee OKs E-Verify, guestworker bills
On Oct. 25, the House Judiciary Committee approved by a vote of 17-16 a bill to create a new agricultural guestworker program for America’s farmers and ranchers. H.R. 4092, the Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act), authored... more »
Onion producer to pay $1.5M in back wages, damages
Vidalia, Georgia-based Bland Farms Production and Packing LLC will pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer violated the Fair... more »
Marsh to lead National Council of Agricultural Employers
Chair Joe Young of Goffstown, New Hampshire, announced Oct. 18 that following an exhaustive national search, the board of directors of the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) has selected Michael Marsh as the organization’s... more »
California agriculture faced severe labor shortage, survey says
California agriculture has a chronic problem finding and hiring qualified employees, according to a survey of farmers and ranchers published by the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF). The informal survey of Farm Bureau members showed that more... more »
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