U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) is planning to ramp up the number of Form I-9 audits this summer according to an article from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). I-9 Audits are ...
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Seasonal farm work is gearing up quickly now, and seasonal workers are flowing into the region. Farm employers who utilize migrant and seasonal labor, including H2A workers, commonly provide transportation for workers from their ...
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Farmers know best how critical a reliable and effective workforce is for success. It appears that the California dairy industry is taking positive steps to enhance and develop their workforce among the local Latino ...
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A question came up recently about tax withholding on employee paychecks and a significant change with the new tax law. As most employers and many employees know, Form W-4 “Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate,” is ...
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At some point, most farm employers feel the need for a written employee handbook. It can be very helpful to bring consistency to policies and procedures, and to demonstrate to employees the importance of ...
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A great starting point to improving your farm worker housing is to measure where you are right now. Members of the Agricultural Workforce Development Council designed a quiz to do just that. Take the ...
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Farm work is often very up close and personal. It’s less formal than in many other work settings, and employees tend to become very close as team members. These characteristics are usually positive but ...
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The H2A Temporary Agricultural Guest Worker program is designed to allow foreign workers into the country when a shortage of domestic workers exists to meet work requirements. One foundation of the program is the ...
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Many U.S. agricultural employers still struggle to consistently and accurately complete the I-9 form to verify the identify and work authorization of new employees. We’ve developed an I-9 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to help ...
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