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FRIDAY FLURRY: UPDATES ON NEWS FROM THIS WEEK
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- Written by Michael Saqui, Heather Domingo, and Rebecca Schach
President Joe Biden’s Labor Law Game Changers
Ag Clients BEWARE…That while National Labor Policy really impacts only secondary commercial operations (e.g. pack houses, processing, cooling, and distribution), the broad-sweeping game changers below are extremely impactful not only to those operations but also affect California Ag labor policy by setting the example on the issues, such as the “Access Rule” and “Card Check.”
AGENCY UPDATE: DOL “FINAL” RULE ON H-2A IS NOT YET PUBLISHED
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As we reported last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a “final” rule to modernize the H-2A program on January 15, 2021 (you can access our prior e-Blast here). To date, the Final Rule on H-2A has not yet been published in the Federal Register. This final step is required to make the Rule effective, so the Final Rule is now on hold pending further action by DOL under the Biden administration.