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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble:
The Employee Free Choice Act.
On March 10, 2009 the Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in the House and the Senate.
We’re ready for it. Are you?
Counselors to Management
Unprecedented changes are presenting themselves at a staggering pace in business with aggressive plaintiffs, class actions, an ongoing immigration crisis targeting employers, a new union alliance focused on aggressive organizing, and increasing regulatory enforcement
This challenging business climate demands a different type of legal representation with even more aggressive approaches to pro-active planning and legal defense. We will continue to push the envelope in representation, long term strategic planning, training, union avoidance campaigns, and employment litigation defense.
Hasta La Vista, Baby to SB 1121
Written by The Saqui Law Group
Governor Schwarzenegger terminates SB 1121, the bill proposing overtime pay to agricultural workers after 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week. Currently, California is the only state to provide overtime for farm workers. SB 1121 attempted to change the state’s current overtime after 10 hours in a day or 60 hours in a week.
Illegal Workers Get the "Silent" Treatment
Written by The Saqui Law Group
Employers and farm workers around the country are now experiencing the latest Obama Administration immigration enforcement effort—“silent raids” in the form of I-9 audits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Instead of often dramatic immigration sweeps at factories and farms which generally led to deportation for the employees, the federal agents conduct audits aimed at discovering unauthorized workers on an employer’s payroll. The audits force the businesses to fire every suspected illegal immigrant on the payroll, and not just those who happened to be on duty at the time of the raid.
Federal Agencies Release Health Care Reform Guidance
Written by The Saqui Law Group
The Saqui Law Group wishes to thank J. Edward McClements and Barkley Insurance for providing the overview and analysis which formed the basis of this report.
Employers in the process of finalizing their 2011 health plans should pay attention to the rules recently issued to clarify certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The interim final rules address pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual limits, rescission of coverage and patient protections.
Read more: Federal Agencies Release Health Care Reform Guidance
Individual Water Containers Not Sufficient to Meet “Readily Accessible” Requirement
Written by The Saqui Law Group
With temperatures nearing or exceeding 100 in many parts of California, employers must ensure that they are complying with Field Sanitation Standard, 8 CCR Section 3457, by providing “readily accessible” potable water at all times.
Read more: Individual Water Containers Not Sufficient to Meet “Readily Accessible” Requirement
Coming and Going Rule...Going, Going, Gone?
Written by The Saqui Law Group
Most California employers are familiar with the coming and going rule exception that bars an injured workers’ ability to seek benefits through his employer’s workers compensation insurance for the routine commute to and from work. The exception is a judicially-created one under the rationale that an employee is not in the course and scope of employment while traveling to and from work.
"Paid" Summer Interns - Violation of an American Pastime
Written by Andrew Lee
Summer is around the corner and the great old American tradition of getting free labor in exchange for another bullet point on the resume has enticed employers and unpaid interns for years. However, the U.S. Department of Labor has recently put a wet blanket on such a storied tradition by making it even harder to get those files organized, office supplies stocked, data and web management cleaned, and phone calls answered for free.
Read more: "Paid" Summer Interns - Violation of an American Pastime
Food Workers Union Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Written by UFCW Press Release (2010-05-17)
UFCW Press Release (2010-05-17)
WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today joined in a lawsuit filed in federal court challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070.
Read more: Food Workers Union Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Two Major Court Victories for the Agricultural Industry
Written by Robert Roy, President/General Counsel, Ventura County Agricultural Association
The Saqui Law Group wishes to thank Mr. Roy for providing permission to reproduce this article.
Very rarely does the agricultural industry have much to celebrate in terms of legal victories. However, two significant legal decisions issued within the last 48 hours have provided some long-awaited relief to many in the California agricultural industry.
Read more: Two Major Court Victories for the Agricultural Industry
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